You can file a Motion for Temporary Order with the petition for divorce or the petition to for custody. You can also file it after the case has already started.At Anderson I Hinkins, our child custody lawyer in South Jordan, Salt Lake County will help you file the petition you need and walk you through the process. Go to court for a full contested hearing, even if it is a temporary orders hearing. A juvenile court shall hold a shelter hearing to determine the temporary custody of a child within 72 hours, excluding weekends and holidays. You can file a motion with the court to have the other parent brought before the judge again. In most states, a father can file a pleading with an attached affidavit asking the court to grant him emergency temporary custody before having to go to court. You can file this on your own just file for the inability to pay with thr court. File this in the same court your custody order Is in. Most commons names are "Temporary Emergency Court Order," and "Motion and Affidavit for Emergency Ex Parte".