Family Courts Act 2024
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Pending proceedings under certain enactments | ||
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64. Where family law proceedings under the Act of 1989, the Family Law Act 1995 , the Act of 1996 or the Act of 2010 (regardless of whether such proceedings were initiated before, on or after the date of coming into operation of this section) are pending before the Family Circuit Court or the Family High Court but have not yet been heard by that Court, the Family District Court may sit to hear and determine other family law proceedings involving the same parties or relating to the same children who are the subject of such proceedings where the Family District Court is satisfied, in the circumstances of the case and in the interests of justice, that it is necessary to hear the other proceedings prior to the proceedings which are before the Family Circuit Court or the Family High Court being heard. |