NC H684

Enacts the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act as new Chapter 50D of North Carolina General Statutes to establish procedures for preventing wrongful removal or retention of children.

Authorizes courts to issue abduction prevention orders upon finding credible risk of child abduction, based on specific risk factors including prior abduction attempts, threats, suspicious financial activities, domestic violence history, and ties to countries with poor child custody enforcement.

Permits courts to impose various protective measures including travel restrictions, passport surrender requirements, supervised visitation, bonds or security deposits, and prohibitions on removing children from specified geographic areas.

Allows courts to issue ex parte warrants to take immediate physical custody of a child when there is credible risk of imminent wrongful removal, with respondent entitled to a hearing by the next judicial day.

Becomes effective January 1, 2012.