C1C2Part II Custody

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C2

Pt II (Ss. 33–55) amended (E.W.) by Family Law Reform Act 1987 (c. 42, SIF 49:7), s. 2(1)(e)

Custody in Scotland

52 Return of child taken away in breach of section 51.

A court in which an application for F1a residence order in relation to a child is pending may—

a

on the application of a person from whose F2care and possession the child has been removed in breach of section 51, order the person who has so removed the child to return the child to the applicant;

b

on the application of a person who has reasonable grounds for believing that another person is intending to remove the child from the applicant’s F2care and possession in breach of section 51, by order direct that other person not to remove the child from the applicant’s F2care and possession in breach of that section.