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Committee hears bill to let courts order cross‑jurisdiction searches for missing or endangered children and wards
Summary
House Bill 984 would permit law enforcement to ask a superior court judge to issue an order directing agencies to locate a child, disabled adult or elderly ward who moved during an active welfare investigation; committee discussion centered on magistrate authority and operational procedures.
House Bill 984 was presented to the committee as a targeted response to a Griffin case in which a child who had been moved across counties slipped out of contact with investigators and later suffered severe abuse. The sponsor said the bill allows a law‑enforcement agency conducting a welfare investigation to seek a superior court order directing cooperation to locate the individual.
Joseph DeAngelo of Front Line…
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