Custodial Interference; Defined & Punished

(a)A person is guilty of custodial interference in the first degree if:

(1)Being a relative of the person, he knowingly takes or entices a person less than eighteen

(18)years old from his lawful custody knowing that he has no right to do so and during the taking, subjects the person to serious bodily injury.

(b)A person is guilty of custodial interference in the second degree if:

(1)not being a relative of the person, he knowingly takes or entices a person less than eighteen

(18)years old from his lawful custodian, knowing that he has no right to do so; or

(2)he knowingly takes or entices from lawful custody any incompetent person or other person entrusted by authority of law to the custody of another person or an institution.

(c)A person is guilty of custodial interference in the third degree if being a parent of a child and with knowledge of court order relating to the custody of that child, violates the court order and takes or keeps the child with intent to conceal him from his legal guardian or other person having that child in his care or custody or under his control.

(d)Custodial interference in the first degree is a felony of the second degree; custodial interference in the second degree is a felony of the third degree and custodial interference in the third degree is a misdemeanor.