family court

NOUN
  1. a court in some states in the United States that has jurisdiction over family disputes (especially those involving children)

How To Use family court In A Sentence

  • The Family Court is oriented to the long term and must take into account the likely future needs of the child.
  • Of course, the chances of his being found guilty ( "adjudicated," in family court parlance) on all 41 charges are as likely as a mule's winning at Pimlico. Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post
  • She and her lawyer have also filed suit in Family Court in San Diego to clear the way for the unborn babies to be put up for adoption.
  • After the wife instituted proceedings in the Family Court, a share which was held by the husband in the trustee company, was transferred to the children of the marriage.
  • Would the family courts get a better press if more open? Times, Sunday Times
  • The times rang true except for Renee Butler, who'd put in a rugged April on trial in family court. LEGAL TENDER
  • Historically the family courts have striven to find finality for divorcing couples.
  • I am beginning to understand why so few journalists write about cases in the family courts. Times, Sunday Times
  • And it's all going on largely unchallenged behind the sacred veil of secrecy that covers the family courts system. The Sun
  • Instead, their argument boils down to the contention that the hospital should have gone to Family Court if it sought to override their decision.
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