In re the People ex rel. B.C.

In this original proceeding, we hold that a district court possesses the authority to issue a writ in the nature of ne exeat, which is designed to prevent a person from leaving the court’s jurisdiction.

Leslie Collins-Pottebaum, Petitioner in this court and Respondent below, requested a writ and bond ne exeat addressed to her granddaughter’s father, who is Respondent in this court and Petitioner below.1 Father took the child to Jordan for an extended period of time, in violation of a court order granting weekly visitation to grandmother and forbidding father from taking the child to Jordan…