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[CITE: 42USC11604]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
           CHAPTER 121--INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION REMEDIES
 
Sec. 11604. Provisional remedies


(a) Authority of courts

    In furtherance of the objectives of article 7(b) and other 
provisions of the Convention, and subject to the provisions of 
subsection (b) of this section, any court exercising jurisdiction of an 
action brought under section 11603(b) of this title may take or cause to 
be taken measures under Federal or State law, as appropriate, to protect 
the well-being of the child involved or to prevent the child's further 
removal or concealment before the final disposition of the petition.

(b) Limitation on authority

    No court exercising jurisdiction of an action brought under section 
11603(b) of this title may, under subsection (a) of this section, order 
a child removed from a person having physical control of the child 
unless the applicable requirements of State law are satisfied.

(Pub. L. 100-300, Sec. 5, Apr. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 439.)
