§53-8-5. Temporary Personal Safety Orders
(a) Authorized; forms of relief available. — (1) If after a hearing on a petition, whether ex parte or otherwise, a magistrate finds that there is reasonable cause to believe that the respondent has committed an act specified in subsection (a), section four of this article, against the petitioner, the magistrate shall issue a temporary […]
§53-8-6. Respondent's Opportunity to Be Heard; Notice to Respondent
(a) Respondent's opportunity to be heard. — A respondent shall have an opportunity to be heard on the question of whether the magistrate should issue a final personal safety order subject to the provisions of this section. (b) Personal safety order hearing. — Date and time; notice. (1) (A) The temporary personal safety order shall […]
§53-8-7. Personal Safety Hearing; Forms of Relief
(a) Final personal safety order hearing. — Proceeding; issuance of order. –- If the respondent appears for the final personal safety order hearing, has been served with a temporary personal safety order or the respondent waives personal service, the magistrate: (1) May proceed with the final personal safety order hearing; and
§53-7-3. Same — Issuance; Form
Upon the delivery of the bond mentioned in the preceding section, the clerk shall issue an order for the arrest of the defendant in form or in substance as follows: A…………………………………. B………………………………., Plaintiff, vs.Order of arrest. C…………………………………. D………………………………., Defendant, To the sheriff of the county of …………………..: You are hereby required, in the name of […]
§53-7-4. Arrest and Commitment Unless Bond Given by Defendant
Under such order, the defendant against whom it issues shall be arrested and committed to jail, unless bond be given in the sum specified therein, with sufficient security, conditioned that, in case there shall in the action, proceeding or suit be any judgment, decree or order on which a writ of fieri facias may issue, […]
§53-7-5. To Whom Bond of Defendant May Be Given; Return and Filing Thereof
The defendant arrested under such order may, at any time pending the case, give bond to the officer making the arrest. Such bond shall be taken by such officer and returned by him to the clerk of the court from which the order issued, and the same shall be filed in such clerk's office.
§53-7-6. Discharge of Defendant or Bond
If the defendant give such bond, or be committed to jail for want of it, the court in which the case is pending, or the judge thereof in vacation, may, after reasonable notice to the plaintiff, or his attorney, quash the order and discharge the defendant from custody, or discharge the bond, on being satisfied […]
§53-7-7. Interrogatories to Defendant in Custody; Discharge of Defendant
While a defendant is in custody, the plaintiff, without having a judgment or decree against the defendant, may file interrogatories to him in like manner as might be done under sections one, two and three, article five, chapter thirty-eight of this code, if such judgment or decree had been obtained and a fieri facias thereon […]
§53-7-8. Conveyance or Other Disposition of Property
The officer making the arrest shall be the officer to whom the conveyance shall be made: Provided, That if for any reason it cannot or should not be made to him it shall be made to such other officer as the court or judge may direct. The interrogatories, answers and report of the commissioner shall […]
§53-8-1. Definitions
In this article the following words have the meanings indicated. (1) Final personal safety order. — "Final personal safety order" means a personal safety order issued by a magistrate under section seven of this article.