TITLE 7

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.]