1997 Florida Code
TITLE VI CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 88 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
PART I GENERAL PROVISIONS (ss. 88.0011-88.193)
88.161 Jurisdiction by arrest.
188.161 Jurisdiction by arrest.--If the court of this state finds that the respondent may flee, it may:
(1) As an initiating court, request in its certificate that the responding court obtain the body of the respondent by appropriate process; or
(2) As a responding court, obtain the body of the respondent by appropriate process. Thereupon, it may release the respondent upon his or her own recognizance or upon the respondent's giving a bond in an amount set by the court to assure his or her appearance at the hearing.
History.--s. 16, ch. 29901, 1955; s. 17, ch. 79-383; s. 464, ch. 95-147; s. 10, ch. 96-189.
1Note.--Repealed July 1, 1997, by s. 10, ch. 96-189.
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