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General transitional provision validating any court orders, etc. made by District Court, Circuit Court or High Court in family law proceedings
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104. (1) For the purposes of any family law proceedings initiated on or after the operative date—
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(a) an order,
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(b) a declaration,
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(c) an appointment,
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(d) a direction,
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(e) an application,
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(f) a deposition,
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(g) a certificate,
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(h) a decree,
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(i) an annulment,
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(j) a dissolution,
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(k) an exemption,
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(l) a judgment, or
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(m) a decision,
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made in family law proceedings by the High Court, Circuit Court or District Court which is in effect immediately before that date shall be deemed to have been made by the Family High Court, Family Circuit Court or Family District Court, as the case may be.
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(2) For the purposes of any family law proceedings initiated on or after the operative date, an order made in a state other than the State which—
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(a) was deemed to be—
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(i) an order made in the State, or
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(ii) of the same effect as an order of the High Court, the Circuit Court or the District Court, as the case may be,
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and
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(b) is in effect immediately before that date,
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shall be valid and enforceable by the Family High Court, the Family Circuit Court or the Family District Court, as the case may be.
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