Section 526. Issuance of warrant  


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  • The court may issue a warrant, directing
      that the respondent be arrested and brought before  the  court,  when  a
      petition   is   presented  to  the  court  under  section  five  hundred
      twenty-three and it appears that
        (a) the summons cannot be served; or
        (b) the respondent has failed to obey the summons; or
        (c) the respondent is likely to leave the jurisdiction; or
        (d) a summons, in the court's opinion, would be ineffectual; or
        (e) the safety of the petitioner is endangered; or
        (f) a respondent on bail or on parole has failed to appear.