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domestic relations court

[duh-mes-tik-ri-ley-shuhnz] / dəˈmɛs tɪk rɪˈleɪ ʃənz /
NOUN
family court
Synonyms


domestic-relations court
NOUN
court of domestic relations


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Judge Dawkins retired in June, after serving 12 years as a circuit court judge and 14 years before that on the juvenile and domestic relations court.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2020

"They went to his house three times and no one answered," said Diane Palos, administrative judge for the domestic relations court in Cleveland.

From Reuters ● May 11, 2013

A judge of New York City's domestic relations court last week drew up a scathing indictment of what he called "a new shame of the states."

From Time Magazine Archive

Haled into domestic relations court for violating the compulsory-education law, Attorney Myers outlined his test case.

From Time Magazine Archive

The man, if captured, must usually be tried in a higher court than the domestic relations court; if convicted he is likely to be more severely punished.

From Broken Homes A Study of Family Desertion and its Social Treatment by Joanna C. Colcord

In Denver, Judge Joe Rawlinson was sued for divorce by his wife in his own domestic-relations court.

From Time Magazine Archive




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