Protective custody of material witness; duration
§ 158. Protective custody of material witness; duration. (a) The family court may place in protective custody a person under sixteen years of age who is a material witness, as provided by law.
(b) No order of protective custody under paragraph (a) may extend for a period of more than fourteen days. For good cause shown, the court may renew the order for additional periods of fourteen days, but the total period of protective custody under this part may not exceed forty-two days.
(a) The court may place a material witness under 16 in protective custody. (b) No such order exceeds 14 days; renewable for good cause in additional 14-day periods, but the total cannot exceed 42 days. ★
# PART 6 — General Provisions Concerning Hearings (§§ 161–169)
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 5 — The JG-22 Family Court Act and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.