Family court
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Family courts were originally created to be a Court of Equity convened to decide matters and make orders in relation to family law, including custody of children, and could disregard certain legal requirements as long as the petitioner/plaintiff came into court with "clean hands" and the request was reasonable, "quantum meruit". Changes in laws and rules have made this distinction superfluous.[1]
The examples and perspective in this Anglophone world and former British Empire may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (March 2024) |
For other uses, see Family court (disambiguation).
Family courts hear all cases that relate to familial and domestic relationships. Each US state and each country has a different system utilized to address family law cases including decisions regarding divorce cases.[1]