598B.315  Role of prosecutor.
  1.  In a case arising under this chapter or involving the Hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction, the prosecutor may take any lawful action, including resort to a proceeding under this article or any other available civil proceeding to locate a child, obtain the return of a child, or enforce a child-custody determination if there is any of the following:
  a.  An existing child-custody determination.
  b.  A request to do so from a court in a pending child-custody proceeding.
  c.  A reasonable belief that a criminal statute has been violated.
  d.  A reasonable belief that the child has been wrongfully removed or retained in violation of the Hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction.
  2.  A prosecutor acting under this section acts on behalf of the court and shall not represent any party.
99 Acts, ch 103, §37
Referred to in §598B.316, 598B.317