handle system function in case of hang

I am using below program to launch another process using system function, i know it returns -1 in case we are not able to create process and not able to get the return status of child.

I wonder , in case if my "someprocess" hangs , what is the behavior, how to handle such scenario?

Code:#define SOMEPROCESS "/home/user/someprocess"

int main()
{
int ret = -1;

ret = system(SOMEPROCESS);

if( ret == -1 )
{
printf("problem in process execution\n");
}
else
{
printf("process execution success \n");
}
return 0;
}