How to Use domestic relations court in a Sentence

domestic relations court

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  • Anne Holton stepped down from her job as a judge in Richmond’s juvenile and domestic relations court to serve as first lady.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2017
  • They were advised to file complaints in domestic relations court.
    — cleveland, 11 June 2021
  • 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.
    — Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2020
  • Officers advised him to contact the domestic relations court.
    — Andy Attina / Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 2 May 2018
  • Under previous Ohio law, some domestic relations courts granted protection orders to dating partners, but not all.
    — Jackie Borchardt, cleveland.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • The law broadly defines that relationship, leaving domestic relations court judges to make that determination.
    — Jackie Borchardt, cleveland.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Navarro pleaded not guilty to multiple charges, including criminal threats, disobeying a domestic relations court order, dissuading a witness by force or threat, stalking, and violating a restraining order.
    — Evan Sernoffsky, SFChronicle.com, 12 Dec. 2019
  • The steering committee will be incorporating the common pleas court, domestic relations court and Cleveland Municipal Court into its construction decision.
    — Peter Krouse, cleveland.com, 10 Sep. 2019

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