In its1993 Candelight Vigil at the Lincoln Memorial, the National Children's
Rights Council released statistics of the number of children whose access
with their noncustodial parent is interfered with by custodial parents.
In its "Roll Call", the CRC issued a tally of the number of children denied
access per state. Leading the nation is California, with a staggering
number of 700,000 (over 2/3 of a million) children who are denied access
with their parents. Holding second and third places are New York
with 518,000 and Texas with 419,000.
Alabama.....115,000
Alaska.....10,000 Arizona.....69,000 Arkansas.....65,000 California.....700.000 Colorado.....85,000 Connecticutt.....90,000 Delaware.....16,500 District of Columbia.....18,000 Florida.....298,000 Georgia.....161,000 Hawaii.....28,000 Idaho.....27,000 Illinois.....336,000 Indiana.....162,000 Iowa.....85,000 Kansas.....68,000 |
Kentucky.....100,500
Louisana.....123,000 Maine.....88,000 Maryland.....123,000 Massachusetts.....185,000 Michigan.....270,000 Minnesota.....119,000 Mississippi.....74,000 Missouri.....144,000 Montana.....22,500 Nebraska.....48,000 Nevada.....22,000 New Hampshire.....27,000 New Jersey.....216,000 New Mexico.....39,999 New York.....518,000 North Carolina.....172,000 |
North Dakota.....18,000
Ohio.....316,000 Oklahoma.....99,000 Oregon.....83,000 Pennsylvania.....349,000 Rhode Island......27,000 South Carolina.....99,000 South Dakota.....19,000 Tennessee.....135,000 Texas.....419,000 Utah.....45,000 Vermont.....15,000 Virginia.....157,000 Washington.....122,000 West Virginia.....56,500 Wisconsin.....135,000 Wyoming.....13,500 |
TOTAL: 6,650,000