43-21-307 - Temporary custody.
§ 43-21-307. Temporary custody.
The judge or his designee may authorize the temporary custody of a child taken into custody for a period of not longer than forty-eight (48) hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and statutory state holidays if the judge or his designee finds there are grounds to issue a custody order as defined in Section 43-21-301 and such custody order complies with the detention requirements provided in Section 43-21-301(6).
Sources: Laws, 1979, ch. 506, § 35; Laws, 1993, ch. 439, § 2, eff from and after passage (approved March 27, 1993).