SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS
CHAPTER 11
PROCEEDINGS TO ESTABLISH PATERNITY
7-1112. Warrant for arrest — When issued. The court may issue a warrant, directing the defendant be arrested and brought before the court, when a petition is presented to the court to commence the proceedings and it appears that:
(1) the summons cannot be served; or
(2) the defendant has failed to obey the summons; or
(3) the defendant is likely to leave the jurisdiction; or
(4) a summons, in the court’s opinion, would be ineffectual; or
(5) the safety of the plaintiff is endangered; or
(6) a defendant on bail or on parole has failed to appear.
History:
[7-1112, added 1969, ch. 93, sec. 11, p. 318.]