family court

noun

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The guidance also stresses agents should carry out these arrests in non-public places and generally try to avoid family court and small claims courts when possible. Taylor Galgano, CNN Money, 6 May 2025 The students were each given a ticket for unlawful imprisonment, and a majority of the cases will be handled in a confidential family court due to their ages, WSYR-TV and Syracuse.com added. Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025 The measure would require family courts to consider a parent’s intentional misgendering or deadnaming of a transgender child in custody proceedings. Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2025 There are complex and specific rules surrounding the motion for summary judgment when filing in the probate and family court so make sure your lawyer has either filed such a motion before or knows how. Wendy Hickey, Boston Herald, 20 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for family court

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of family court was in 1917

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“Family court.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20court. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

Legal Definition

family court

noun
: a court that has jurisdiction and often advisory powers over domestic disputes involving the rights and duties of husband, wife, parent, or child especially in matters affecting the support, custody, and welfare of children compare juvenile court

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