Discuss the remedies available to a custodial parent when the noncustodial parent has fled the jurisdiction with a minor child.

What will be an ideal response?


These will include registering an original state’s order in a new state; prohibiting a new state from modifying an original state’s custody decision; a habeas corpus remedy requiring return of the child by the parent violating a custody or visitation order; granting the enforcing court the authority to issue a warrant to physically take the child into custody if there are fears that the parent will harm the child or flee the state; and,
Assistance of state prosecutors or attorneys general in the enforcement of the orders in civil or criminal proceedings and in locating the child.

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What will be an ideal response?

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