FAMILY LAW AMENDMENT ACT 1979

Table of Provisions

• 1 Short title.  
• 2 Commencement  
• 3 Repeal and saving  
• 4 Interpretation  
• 5 Transitional  
• 6 Officers of Court  
• 7 Jurisdiction in matrimonial causes  
• 8  
• 9 Rights of guardianship and custody of children  
• 10 Conferences with, and reports by, court counsellors or welfare officers  
• 11 Decree absolute where children  
• 12 Powers of court in custodial proceedings  
• 13 Setting aside of orders altering property interests  
• 14 Modification of maintenance orders  
• 15 Approval of maintenance agreements entered into in substitution for rights under Act  
• 16 Appeals to Family Court  
• 17 Case stated  
• 18 Appeals from courts of summary jurisdiction  
• 19 Methods of enforcement  
• 20 Contempt  
• 21  
• 22 Repeal of section 116  
• 23 Regulations