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518D.315 ROLE OF PROSECUTOR.
(a) In a case arising under this chapter or involving the Hague Convention on the Civil
Aspects of International Child Abduction, the prosecutor or other appropriate public official may
take any lawful action, including resort to a proceeding under sections 518D.301 to 518D.317 or
any other available civil proceeding to locate a child, obtain the return of a child, or enforce a
child custody determination if there is:
(1) an existing child custody determination;
(2) a request to do so from a court in a pending child custody proceeding;
(3) a reasonable belief that a criminal statute has been violated; or
(4) a reasonable belief that the child has been wrongfully removed or retained in violation of
the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.
(b) A prosecutor acting under this section acts on behalf of the court and may not represent
any party.
History: 1999 c 74 s 15
(a) In a case arising under this chapter or involving the Hague Convention on the Civil
Aspects of International Child Abduction, the prosecutor or other appropriate public official may
take any lawful action, including resort to a proceeding under sections 518D.301 to 518D.317 or
any other available civil proceeding to locate a child, obtain the return of a child, or enforce a
child custody determination if there is:
(1) an existing child custody determination;
(2) a request to do so from a court in a pending child custody proceeding;
(3) a reasonable belief that a criminal statute has been violated; or
(4) a reasonable belief that the child has been wrongfully removed or retained in violation of
the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.
(b) A prosecutor acting under this section acts on behalf of the court and may not represent
any party.
History: 1999 c 74 s 15
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