The Family Court celebrated its first anniversary on Tuesday, holding as its mission, to provide the required support services to the judiciary in dealing with disputes. This is according to the 2016 Family Court Yearly Report.
According to the report, there were 520 family matters referred to the court during the year. In 176 of these cases, Interim/Nisi orders were granted, 18 were withdrawn, eight struck out and 81 concluded. Left pending were 237 cases.
Before the commissioning of its spanking new building last year, family court hearings were conducted in the Chambers of the various judges hearing such matters.