N.D. Cent. Code § 14-09.3-12
14-09.3-12. (302) Proceeding for temporary custody order
14-09.3-12. (302) Proceeding for temporary custody order
1.
After a deploying parent receives notice of deployment and until the deployment
terminates, a court may issue a temporary order granting custodial responsibility
unless prohibited by the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act [50 U.S.C. appendix
sections 521 and 522]. A court may not issue a permanent order granting custodial
responsibility without the consent of the deploying parent.
2.
At any time after a deploying parent receives notice of deployment, either parent may
file a motion regarding custodial responsibility of a child during deployment. The
motion must be filed in a pending proceeding for custodial responsibility in a court with
jurisdiction under section 14-09.3-03 or, if there is no pending proceeding in a court
with jurisdiction under section 14-09.3-03, in a new action for granting custodial
responsibility during deployment.