FAMILY LAW AMENDMENT ACT 1983
Table of Provisions
- 1 Short title.
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Interpretation
- 4
- 5 Child welfare law not affected
- 6 Conciliation
- 7 Notice seeking counselling
- 8 Advice as to counselling
- 9
- 10 Admissions made to marriage counsellors, &c.
- 11 Interpretation
- 12
- 13 Appointment, removal and resignation of Judges
- 14 Exercise of jurisdiction
- 15 Repeal of section 29
- 16 Original jurisdiction of Family Court
- 17 Officers of Court
- 18 Jurisdiction in matrimonial causes
- 19 Jurisdiction of Family Court
- 20 Law to be applied
- 21 Institution of proceedings
- 22 Stay and transfer of proceedings
- 23 Transfer of proceedings from court of summary jurisdiction in certain cases
- 24 Dissolution of marriage
- 25 Interpretation
- 26
- 27 Conferences with court counsellors or welfare officers
- 28
- 29 Powers of court in custodial proceedings
- 30 Separate representation of child
- 31 Overseas custody orders
- 32 Interfering with child subject to custody order
- 33
- 34
- 35 Matters to be taken into consideration with respect to maintenance
- 36 Alteration of property interests
- 37 Setting aside of orders altering property interests
- 38 Cessation of orders
- 39 Modification of maintenance orders
- 40 Execution of instruments by order of court
- 41 Transactions to defeat claims
- 42
- 43 Registration of maintenance agreements
- 44
- 45 Enforcement of maintenance agreements
- 46
- 47
- 48 Intervention by other persons
- 49
- 50 Appeals to Family Court
- 51 Appeals from courts of summary jurisdiction
- 52 Procedure
- 53
- 54
- 55 Overseas decrees
- 56 Enforcement generally
- 57 Persons not to be imprisoned for failure to comply with certain orders
- 58 Contempt
- 59 Overseas enforcement of maintenance orders and enforcement of overseas maintenance orders
- 60 Convention on Recovery Abroad of Maintenance
- 61
- 62
- 63
- 64 Injunctions
- 65
- 66 Establishment of Institute
- 67
- 68 Family Law Council
- 69 Costs
- 70
- 71
- 72
- 73
- 74 Repeal of section 106
- 75
- 76 Further amendments
