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LR 1234
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(1) Interim orders in actions involving the
establishment, modification or enforcement of child
support;

 
(2) Interim orders in actions involving divorce,
legal separation, paternity or parental rights,
including interim orders in post-judgment proceedings
arising out of these actions, except that a contested
motion concerning interim parental rights and
responsibilities, excluding interim child support
orders, may be determined by the family case
management officer law magistrate only if both
parties consent to determination of the issue or
issues in dispute by the family case management
officer law magistrate;

 
(3) Final orders in any of the matters included in
subparagraphs (1) and (2) when the proceeding is
uncontested;

 
(4) Final orders in a contested proceeding when
child support is the only contested issue; and

 
(4-A)__Final orders in divorces involving any issue
that the parties have consented to submit to the
family law magistrate for determination;

 
(4-B)__Applications for writs of habeas corpus to
facilitate the attendance of proceedings by and
return of a party who is incarcerated;

 
(4-C)__Requests for access to confidential Department
of Human Services child protective records.__The
family law magistrate may review records in camera to
determine access; and

 
(5) Other actions assigned by the Chief Judge of the
District Court.

 
E. Interim orders in any of the matters included in
paragraph D, subparagraphs (1) and (2) are effective
immediately and are subject to de novo review by a judge
at the final hearing. Final orders in any of the matters
included in paragraph D, subparagraphs (3) and (4) are
subject to appellate review in the same manner as any
final order of the District Court. The family case
management officer law magistrate shall inform the parties
of the rights of review established in this paragraph.

 
F.__Family law magistrates have the same contempt powers
as judges and justices of the Judicial Department.


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