Mother and Child Reunion in Woodland, California

By Bill Lindelof
The Yolo County District Attorney has announced that his office has reunited a mother with her 6-year-old son, whose father had refused to allow him return to Woodland, authorities said.
District Attorney Jeff Reisig said the child visited his father, Rene Vidales, in San Bernardino County last summer and did not return from that trip.
The boy's mother, Angela Vidales of Woodland, had telephone conversations with the boy during the past few months, but Rene Vidales refused to return the boy, district attorney's officials said.
Superior Court Referee David Reed on March 18 ordered that the mother be given sole physical custody of the boy. Reed signed a protective custody warrant for the return of the child.
"The reunification of mother and child was very rewarding," said Angela Smith, and enforcement officer with the Yolo County DA's office. Smith and investigator Virginia Stroski recovered the boy from a school in San Bernardino County.