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SECTION 526
Issuance of warrant
Family Court Act (FCT) CHAPTER 686, ARTICLE 5, PART 2
§ 526. Issuance of warrant. The court may issue a warrant, directing
that the respondent be arrested and brought before the court, when a
petition is presented to the court under section five hundred
twenty-three and it appears that

(a) the summons cannot be served; or

(b) the respondent has failed to obey the summons; or

(c) the respondent is likely to leave the jurisdiction; or

(d) a summons, in the court's opinion, would be ineffectual; or

(e) the safety of the petitioner is endangered; or

(f) a respondent on bail or on parole has failed to appear.