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722.1302 Enforcement; temporary order.

Sec. 302.

(1) This article may be invoked to enforce 1 or both of the following:

(a) A child-custody determination.

(b) An order for the return of a child made under the Hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction.

(2) A court of this state that does not have jurisdiction to modify a child-custody determination may issue a temporary order enforcing either of the following:

(a) A parenting time schedule made by a court of another state.

(b) The parenting time provisions of a child-custody determination of another state that does not provide for a specific parenting time schedule.

(3) If a court of this state makes an order under subsection (2)(b), it shall specify in the order a period that it considers adequate to allow the petitioner to obtain an order from a court having jurisdiction under the criteria specified in article 2. The order remains in effect until an order is obtained from the other court or the period expires.

History: 2001, Act 195, Eff. Apr. 1, 2002