A parent, guardian or custodian may at any time demand and obtain the return of a child voluntarily placed outside the home. The child shall be returned within seventy-two hours of the demand; however, the department may prevent the immediate return by requesting the children's court attorney to file a petition alleging neglect or abuse and by obtaining temporary custody of the child before the expiration of the seventy-two hours.
History: 1978 Comp., § 32A-3A-9, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 77, § 71.
ANNOTATIONSAm. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Right of parent to regain custody of child after temporary conditional relinquishment of custody, 35 A.L.R.4th 61.