Practice question
A higher court issues a child-custody habeas writ and makes it returnable for merits hearing in a proper lower court. Upon production of the child, one litigant insists the returnable court has no task left and must end the case without deciding custody. What does Section 20 state?
- Production always eliminates every custody issue.
- Upon return, the court shall decide the issue of custody of minors.
- Only the sheriff decides which parent wins.
- The child's location alone settles all legal rights.
- The higher-court writ is merely a private suggestion.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/supreme/am/am_03_04_04_sc_2003.html — Section 20.
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