California Family Code

§ 3451

FAM § 3451 Effective Jan 1, 2000Div. 8 · Part 3 · Ch. 3

Statute text

(a)Upon the filing of a petition seeking enforcement of a child custody determination, the petitioner may file a verified application for the issuance of a warrant to take physical custody of the child if the child is imminently likely to suffer serious physical harm or be removed from this state.

(b)If the court, upon the testimony of the petitioner or other witness, finds that the child is imminently likely to suffer serious physical harm or be removed from this state, it may issue a warrant to take physical custody of the child. The petition must be heard on the next judicial day after the warrant is executed unless that date is impossible. In that event, the court shall hold the hearing on the first judicial day possible. The application for the warrant must include the statements required by subdivision (b) of Section 3448.

(c)A warrant to take physical custody of a child must do all of the following:

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 867, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.