How to Use family court in a Sentence

family court

noun
  • The case will be addressed through the family court system.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The evidence showed, and the family court agreed, that Pamela was involved in the plan or plot to attack and kill Michael.
    CBS News, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Has ‘parental alienation’ played a role in your family court case?
    Hannah Dreyfus, ProPublica, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The family court battle only came to an end with his death.
    Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 3 May 2023
  • The problem is that the family court's ruling extends only to Wang and Chen.
    Eric Cheung, CNN, 1 July 2022
  • On Thursday, the latest episode played out at a hearing behind closed doors at a family court in Tel Aviv.
    New York Times, 23 Sep. 2021
  • The turning point was fighting for my sons in the family court system, and seeing how much money that took.
    Charlotte Cowles, New York Times, 11 July 2022
  • Hall said he's served for the past seven years as a mediator in family court.
    John Simerman, NOLA.com, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Dear Dad: The best way to apply for parenting-time is through your local family court.
    Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Many family court sessions are closed to the public, and cases that aren’t appealed—which is most of them—don’t make it into the public record.
    Kathryn Joyce, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • Dawn Gentry is still fighting to keep her job as a family court judge in Kenton County.
    Julia Fair, The Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2020
  • Postle was still tangling with his ex-wife in family court when his heater at Stones began in July 2018.
    Brendan I. Koerner, Wired, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Bisig defeated Jason Bowman, a family court lawyer, with 80% of the votes.
    Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The suspect, who is being tried in family court because of his age, faces charges of murder in the second degree and robbery in the first degree.
    Ben Chapman, WSJ, 5 Feb. 2020
  • Those adopting from South Korea have to go through the country's family court, and hearings that have been scheduled for months have been canceled.
    Emma Reynolds, CNN, 14 June 2020
  • He is expected to be charged as a juvenile in family court.
    Madeleine Carlisle, Time, 14 Dec. 2019
  • An arrest also puts the youth under the jurisdiction of the family courts.
    Gina Barton, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Ben Dusing can't run for family court judge, and any votes cast for him in the upcoming election won't be counted, a judge ruled Wednesday.
    Rachel Berry, The Enquirer, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Faison and Hopkins had been married since 2018, family court records show.
    Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Some states allow the providers to appear in family court to help settle divorce or child custody cases.
    Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Baker added that Ye’s actions could count against him in a protective order or in family court.
    Anousha Sakoui, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022
  • The feature debut of Lerat-Gersant revolves around Camille, a 16-year-old pregnant girl placed in a home for teen mothers by a family court judge.
    Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 6 July 2022
  • Some families prefer to avoid family court at all costs.
    New York Times, 1 Dec. 2021
  • The duo resolved their family court case Monday, with their lawyers stipulating to conditions by which the husband and wife would abide.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
  • Last week, about 50 people, including advocates for family court reform, gathered at the Utah Capitol to protest the court’s handling of the case.
    Hannah Dreyfus, ProPublica, 26 Feb. 2023
  • In 2022, Paschal filed a bill that would weight family court custody decisions toward joint custody.
    Rebecca Griesbach | Rgriesbach@al.com, al, 26 Jan. 2023
  • In June, Claudio logged into an online family court hearing to present his case for retaining custody to a judge.
    Anna Kuchment, Dallas News, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Antar also works as a coach with women and lobbies for changes in laws to encourage joint-custody and family court reform.
    Ginger Gentile, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
  • With the pandemic, the family court’s backlog has inevitably increased.
    Natalie Pattillo, The New York Review of Books, 2 Sep. 2020
  • An appeals court then overturned the family court's decision and ruled in Torres' favor.
    Dakin Andone, CNN, 27 Jan. 2020

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