The Family Courts Act,1984

This 2025 edition of The Family Courts Act, 1984 (Act 66 of 1984) reproduces the statute verbatim, consolidated with the Family Courts (Amendment) Act, 2022 (16 of 2022) which retrospectively validates state-level Family Courts established before central notification. Concise short comments outline 2023 e-filing pilot, mediation directives, and Supreme-Court jurisprudence on irretrievable-breakdown.

Core statutory coverage

• Jurisdiction & powers — divorce, custody, maintenance, domestic-violence relief.

• In-camera proceedings & conciliation — mandatory counselling, Women-&-Child Welfare experts.

• Procedural flexibility — evidence by affidavit, video-link testimony, costs cap.

• Appeals & revisions — High-Court first appeal, SLP route to Supreme Court.

• Integration with mediation acts — pre-litigation mediation and parenting plan guidelines.

This edition is particularly suited for

• Family-law practitioners & legal-aid clinics.

• Mediators, counsellors & court-appointed psychologists.

• Litigants and NGOs working on marital-dispute resolution.

• Law students studying ADR & personal-laws courses.