- Consolidated Laws - Family Court
PART 7
PROCEEDING IN COUNTIES OTHER THAN ORIGINAL COUNTY
Section 171. Enforcement or modification of orders in other county.
172. Commencement of enforcement and modification proceedings
in other county.
173. Transfer of papers to other county.
174. Transfer of proceedings to another county.
175. Violation of probation in other county.
176. Inter-county probation.
S 171. Enforcement or modification of orders in other county. A lawful
order of the family court in any county may be enforced or modified in
that county or in the family court in any other county in which the
party affected by the order resides or is found.
S 172. Commencement of enforcement and modification proceedings in
other county. An enforcement or modification proceeding commenced in the
family court in a county other than that in which the order was made is
commenced by a petition alleging that fact in addition to the facts
required under this act for enforcement or modification orders. An
original or certified copy of the order sought to be enforced or
modified shall be attached to the petition.
S 173. Transfer of papers to other county. If the family court in
which an enforcement or modification proceeding is brought under this
article does not transfer it under section one hundred seventy-four, it
shall advise the family court that issued the order sought to be
enforced or modified of the commencement of such proceedings and shall
request that court to forward to it a copy of all or any of the papers
on which the order was based. The requested court shall forthwith comply
with the request.
S 174. Transfer of proceedings to another county. The family court in
a county may for good cause transfer a proceeding to a family court in
any other county where the proceeding might have been originated and
shall transfer a proceeding laying venue in the wrong county to a family
court in any county where the proceeding might have been originated.
S 175. Violation of probation in other county. If an act or omission
which constitutes a violation of the terms of probation allegedly occurs
in a county other than the one in which the order of probation was made,
the family court in either county may hear the allegation of a violation
of the terms of probation and proceed in accordance with the provisions
of this act.
S 176. Inter-county probation. If a person placed under probation by
the family court resides in or moves to a county other than the county
in which he was placed on probation, the family court which placed him
on probation may transfer the proceedings to the county in which the
probationer resides or to which he has moved or may place him under the
supervision of the probation service attached to the family court in
which the probationer resides or to which he has moved.
