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FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 241

241 .         Ex parte orders

        (1)         In a case of urgency, a court may make, ex parte

            (a)         an order in accordance with Part 5 concerning any aspect of parental responsibility in relation to a child; or

            (b)         an order under section 162(1) relating to the welfare of a child; or

            (c)         where a woman is in immediate need of child bearing expenses, an order for such periodic or other sums as the court considers reasonable; or

            (d)         an injunction or order under section 235.

        (2)         An order or injunction made under subsection (1) must be expressed to operate only until a specified time or the further order of the court.



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