United States Government Glossary of Interagency and Associated Terms/abduction case
| abduction case - a case that—(A) has been reported to the Central Authority of the United States by a left-behind parent for the resolution of an abduction and (B) meets the criteria for an international child abduction under the Hague Abduction Convention, regardless of whether the country at issue is a Convention country. | (SOURCE - DOS, US Code 22, §9101) |