Section 153. Subpoena, warrant and other process to compel attendance  


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      family court may issue a subpoena or in a proper case a warrant or other
      process to secure or compel the attendance of  an  adult  respondent  or
      child  or  any  other person whose testimony or presence at a hearing or
      proceeding is deemed by the court to be necessary, and to admit to,  fix
      or  accept  bail, or parole him pending the completion of the hearing or
      proceeding. The court is also authorized to issue a subpoena duces tecum
      in accordance with the applicable provisions of the civil  practice  act
      and,  upon  its  effective  date,  in  accordance  with  the  applicable
      provisions of the CPLR.  A judge of the family court is also  authorized
      to  hear  and  decide motions relating to child support subpoenas issued
      pursuant to section one hundred eleven-p of the social services law.