N.Y. FCT Law § 725
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Summons or warrant on failure to appear
Official statutory text
§ 725. Summons or warrant on failure to appear. The family court\nbefore which a person failed to produce a child pursuant to a written\npromise given under section seven hundred twenty-four may issue a\nsummons requiring the child and the person who failed to produce him to\nappear at the court at a time and place specified in the summons or may\nissue a warrant for either or both of them, directing that either or\nboth be brought to the court at a time and place specified in the\nwarrant.\n
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