Issuance of warrant for respondent or other person legally responsible for care
§ 738. Issuance of warrant for respondent or other person legally responsible for care. The court may issue a warrant, directing that the respondent or other person legally responsible for his care or with whom he is domiciled be brought before the court, when a petition is filed with the court under this article and it appears that
(a) the summons cannot be served; or
(b) the respondent or other person has refused to obey the summons; or
(c) the respondent or other person is likely to leave the jurisdiction; or
(d) a summons, in the court's opinion, would be ineffectual; or
(e) a respondent on bail or on parole has failed to appear.
A warrant issued for a respondent under this section shall expire at the end of six months from the date of its issuance, unless extended for an additional period of not more than six months upon application by the petitioner for good cause shown.
The court may issue a warrant to bring in the respondent/responsible person when: (a) the summons can't be served; (b) they refused the summons; (c) they're likely to leave the jurisdiction; (d) a summons would be ineffectual; or (e) a respondent on bail/parole failed to appear. A respondent warrant expires in 6 months, extendable once for up to another 6 months for good cause. ★
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.