domestic relations court

noun

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These civil domestic relations courts are a primary point of contact with victims and their children. Donna Miller, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025 Fresno County court records show that Tillman racked up a series of misdemeanor charges starting in 2023, including for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol, trespassing and twice disobeying a domestic relations court order. Anna Bauman, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 July 2025 He was also charged with misdemeanor counts of brandishing a replica gun, resisting a police officer and disobeying a domestic relations court order. Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2024 Of the judges highlighted by Austin, there is Judge Jane Bolin, who became the country’s first Black female judge in 1939, serving as a domestic relations court judge in New York for almost four decades. Matt Williams, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2022 See All Example Sentences for domestic relations court

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First Known Use

circa 1939, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of domestic relations court was circa 1939

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“Domestic relations court.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/domestic%20relations%20court. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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