Legal Solutions & Child Abduction Investigation

Can’t Meet Your Own Child?

The term “Child Abduction” or “Child Concealment by a Parent” usually happens when the relationship between both parents is no longer harmonious. This often leads to separation or even divorce. Sometimes, interference from extended family can also trigger such situations.

Based on Child Protection Law Number 35 of 2014, which amends Law Number 23 of 2002 on Child Protection, the main points include:

• Ensuring Children’s Rights: Making sure every child gets their full rights, including the right to live, grow, learn, and be free from discrimination.
• Protecting Children: Preventing and addressing all forms of violence, exploitation, and neglect against children.
• Supporting Child Welfare: Creating an environment that helps children grow and develop optimally—physically, mentally, socially, and spiritually.

Investigating Child Concealment Cases

In child concealment cases, a child is clearly deprived of their right to meet one of their parents. This can be very painful for the child, as they lose the freedom to see and spend time with a parent they love. Often, children become victims of their parents’ disputes, which can negatively impact their mental health—especially since children may not fully understand what’s going on.

Common reasons why child concealment happens include:

• Parents are separated but not officially divorced.
• Parents are in the middle of divorce proceedings and already living apart.
• One parent is a foreign national.
• One parent is worried the other is not properly raising, educating, or taking care of the child.
• The parent with custody forbids the other from visiting the child for various reasons.

Because of these situations, it’s no surprise that parents who are prevented from seeing their child often suffer from prolonged stress.

So, What’s the Legal Solution?

According to the Child Protection Law Number 35 of 2014 (an amendment to Law Number 23 of 2002 on Child Protection), Article 14 paragraph 2 states that in cases of parental separation, a child still has the right to:

a. Meet directly and maintain personal contact with both parents; b. Receive care, maintenance, education, and protection from both parents for proper growth and development according to their talents and interests; c. Obtain financial support from both parents; and d. Enjoy all other child rights.

So, just because a parent has custody doesn’t mean they can forbid their child from meeting the other parent. Doing so may even cause them to lose custody rights. If you’re facing such a problem, it’s best to consult a legal advisor—either online or in person.

Our role as a Private Investigator is to help when a parent struggles to see their child because the other parent is hiding them—or worse, cutting off all contact. In some cases, children are even taken abroad before divorce papers are filed.

Our Private Investigator have handled many child concealment cases, especially involving children under 12 years old. We are ready to assist in locating children who are being prevented from seeing one of their parents, particularly if the child is not being properly cared for in accordance with Child Protection Law.

Before taking on such cases, we first hold a detailed discussion with the client. We go over the chronology of events, the client’s activities, living conditions, and all other related details. Only then do we decide whether to proceed with the search.

If we find that removing the child from the current custodian could harm the child, we recommend contacting the Child Protection Commission (Komnas Perlindungan Anak), which uses a two-way approach by engaging both parents.

That said, we can still carry out an investigation to locate a concealed child. Once we’ve tracked down the child, our first step is to collect solid evidence—such as videos, photos, location details, and information about the child’s condition and daily activities. If there are signs of neglect, this evidence can be used to take further legal steps.

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