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Idaho Code § 32-11-315

Role of county prosecuting attorney

Known as the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

The act spans §§ 32–32 (44 sections).

I.C., § 32-11 -315, as added by 2000, ch. 227, § 2, p. 623.

(1) In a case arising under this chapter or involving the Hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction, the county prosecuting attorney may take any lawful action, including resort to a proceeding under this chapter 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: 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.

(5) The county prosecuting attorney acting under this section acts on behalf of the court and may not represent any party.

Current official text: Idaho Statutes (Idaho Legislature). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Idaho statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.