Sheriff or law enforcement to enforce custody and visitation orders, when
A judge can put a rule in a custody or visitation order that allows police or a sheriff to help make sure a parent or other person gets their court-ordered time with a child. However, police cannot take a child away from whoever is physically holding the child unless they are shown a clear court order proving that person has no right to the child, and there is no other urgent reason to think the child could get hurt or that the order might be fake.
452.425. Sheriff or law to and s, when — . — Any for the custody of, or visitation with, a child may include a that the sheriff or other shall enforce the rights of any person to custody or visitation unless the court issues a subsequent order chapter* 210, 211, 452 or 455 to limit or deny the custody of, or visitations with, the child. Such sheriff or law enforcement officer shall not remove a child from a person who has of the child unless such sheriff or officer is shown a court order or which clearly and convincingly verifies that such person is not entitled to the actual physical custody of the child, and there are not other that would give the sheriff or officer to believe that the child would be harmed or that the court order presented to the sheriff or officer may not be valid.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1998 S.B. 910 § 8) *Word "chapters" appears in original rolls.
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