This document presents witness testimonies and prepared statements from the Senate hearing on parental kidnapping and child support. Opening statements are included from Senators Arlen Specter and Mich McConnell. Rebecca Hickman testifies about her experience when her daughter was abducted by the noncustodial father and taken to Iran. Hickman asks the government to: (1) aid in her daughter's return; (2) introduce laws requiring law enforcement personnel to take parental kidnappings seriously; and (3) make laws giving American children held overseas the same protection under U.S. laws as American adults who are kidnapped and held overseas. Peter H. Pfund, Assistant Legal Adviser for Private International Law comments on the assistance that the State Department can provide in connection with international child abductions and on a new international agreement providing a more effective means for obtaining the return of internationally abducted children. Carmen A. DiPlacido, director of the Office of Citizens Consular Services, Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State describes what procedures are available for the return of the Hickman child and explains what the State Department has done in the case. Other witnesses include Nancy D. Polikoff, a staff attorney and director, National Project on Child Support and Child Custody, Women's Legal Defense Fund; and Wayne E. Dixon, a private consultant in the field of child support enforcement. Questions and answers, and materials submitted for the record are included. (NB)