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Statutes > North-carolina > Chapter_50A > GS_50A-315

§50A‑315.  Role of prosecutor or public official.

(a)        In a case arisingunder this Article or involving the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects ofInternational Child Abduction, the prosecutor or other appropriate publicofficial may take any lawful action, including resort to a proceeding underthis Part or any other available civil proceeding to locate a child, obtain thereturn of a child, or enforce a child‑custody determination if there is:

(1)        An existing child‑custodydetermination;

(2)        A request to do sofrom a court in a pending child‑custody proceeding;

(3)        A reasonable beliefthat a criminal statute has been violated; or

(4)        A reasonable beliefthat the child has been wrongfully removed or retained in violation of theHague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.

(b)        A prosecutor orappropriate public official acting under this section acts on behalf of thecourt and may not represent any party. (1999‑223, s. 3.)

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > North-carolina > Chapter_50A > GS_50A-315

§50A‑315.  Role of prosecutor or public official.

(a)        In a case arisingunder this Article or involving the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects ofInternational Child Abduction, the prosecutor or other appropriate publicofficial may take any lawful action, including resort to a proceeding underthis Part or any other available civil proceeding to locate a child, obtain thereturn of a child, or enforce a child‑custody determination if there is:

(1)        An existing child‑custodydetermination;

(2)        A request to do sofrom a court in a pending child‑custody proceeding;

(3)        A reasonable beliefthat a criminal statute has been violated; or

(4)        A reasonable beliefthat the child has been wrongfully removed or retained in violation of theHague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.

(b)        A prosecutor orappropriate public official acting under this section acts on behalf of thecourt and may not represent any party. (1999‑223, s. 3.)


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > North-carolina > Chapter_50A > GS_50A-315

§50A‑315.  Role of prosecutor or public official.

(a)        In a case arisingunder this Article or involving the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects ofInternational Child Abduction, the prosecutor or other appropriate publicofficial may take any lawful action, including resort to a proceeding underthis Part or any other available civil proceeding to locate a child, obtain thereturn of a child, or enforce a child‑custody determination if there is:

(1)        An existing child‑custodydetermination;

(2)        A request to do sofrom a court in a pending child‑custody proceeding;

(3)        A reasonable beliefthat a criminal statute has been violated; or

(4)        A reasonable beliefthat the child has been wrongfully removed or retained in violation of theHague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.

(b)        A prosecutor orappropriate public official acting under this section acts on behalf of thecourt and may not represent any party. (1999‑223, s. 3.)