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9-19-309. Service of petition and orders.
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9-19-309. Service of petition and orders.
Except as otherwise provided in § 9-19-311, the petition and order must be served, by any method authorized by the law of this state, upon respondent and any person who has physical custody of the child.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-19-309
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9-19-309. Service of petition and orders.
Except as otherwise provided in § 9-19-311, the petition and order must be served, by any method authorized by the law of this state, upon respondent and any person who has physical custody of the child.
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9-19-311. Warrant to take physical custody of child.
(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 immediately 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 § 9-19-308(b).
(c) A warrant to take physical custody of a child must:
(1) recite the facts upon which a conclusion of imminent serious physical harm or removal from the jurisdiction is based;
(2) direct law enforcement officers to take physical custody of the child immediately; and
(3) provide for the placement of the child pending final relief.
(d) The respondent must be served with the petition, warrant, and order immediately after the child is taken into physical custody.
(e) A warrant to take physical custody of a child is enforceable throughout this state. If the court finds on the basis of the testimony of the petitioner or other witness that a less intrusive remedy is not effective, it may authorize law enforcement officers to enter private property to take physical custody of the child. If required by exigent circumstances of the case, the court may authorize law enforcement officers to make a forc
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-19-311
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 9-19-311. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.