MALTA: Chaos claimed in the Family Court
From http://www.independent.com.mt/daily/newsview.asp?id=24284Local News
Web posted on March 18, 2004 at 9:00:00 AM CET
Chaos claimed in the Family Court
Staff Reporter
Opposition justice spokesman Anglu Farrugia said yesterday that some weeks after it had opened, there was still absolute chaos in the Family Court.
Dr Farrugia said that cases that had been passed to mediators weeks ago had ground to a halt and the parties concerned had not even received any form of acknowledgement of their case.
He said it seemed as if the situation had spiralled out of control. ???Worse still, no decrees on child and spouse maintenance and custody have been issued because of the mediation process,??? said Dr Farrugia.
Dr Farrugia said that before the Family Court was opened, these preliminary decrees were treated with urgency in the Second Hall of the Civil court to ensure that children did not suffer.
He said the reform of the court system that the Nationalist Government had embarked upon without any form of consultation had caused more problems for broken families instead of making the legal process easier.
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