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Family
Family
proceedings hear applications for maintenance orders,
separation orders, adoption orders, and orders for the
maintenance of an illegitimate child.
They also deal with the custody and care cases.
Under
section 71 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 reports must be
confined to:
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names,
addresses, and occupations of parties and witnesses;
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the
grounds of the application and a concise statement of
charges;
submissions
on any point of law and the decision of the court on the
submissions; and the decision of the court and any
observations made by the court in giving it.
Additionally
no particulars must be published leading to the identification
of a child under l8 involved in proceedings or his/her school.
In
addition to the reporting restrictions on family proceedings
in magistrates courts and on children's cases before judges in
chambers, a local authority or individual can seek an
injunction banning all reporting of the matter, even if the
report does not identify the children.
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