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2015 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title XII - PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE
Chapter 169-D - CHILDREN IN NEED OF SERVICES
Section 169-D:8 - Temporary Custody.

NH Rev Stat § 169-D:8 (2015) What's This?

    169-D:8 Temporary Custody. – A child may be taken into temporary custody:
    I. Pursuant to a court order; or
    II. By a police officer or juvenile probation and parole officer when there are reasonable grounds to believe that a child has run away from his parents, guardian, or other custodian; or the circumstances are such as to endanger the child's health or welfare unless immediate action is taken.

Source. 1979, 361:2. 1987, 402:12. 2000, 294:9, eff. July 1, 2000.


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