§ 454 - Jurisdiction
§ 454. Jurisdiction
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the family court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and dispose of the following proceedings filed or pending on or after October 1, 1990. The family court shall also have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and dispose of any requests to modify or enforce any orders issued by the district or superior court relating to the following proceedings:
(1) All desertion and support proceedings and all parentage actions filed pursuant to chapter 5 of Title 15.
(2) All rights of married women proceedings filed pursuant to chapter 3 of Title 15.
(3) All enforcement of support proceedings filed pursuant to Title 15B.
(4) All annulment and divorce proceedings filed pursuant to chapter 11 of Title 15.
(5) All parent and child proceedings filed pursuant to chapter 15 of Title 15.
(6) All grandparents' visitation proceedings filed pursuant to chapter 18 of Title 15.
(7) All uniform child custody proceedings filed pursuant to chapter 19 of Title 15.
(8) All juvenile proceedings filed pursuant to chapter 55 of Title 33, including matters involving "youthful offenders" as that term is defined by subdivision 5502(a)(18) of Title 33 whether the matter originated in the district or the family court.
(9) All enforcement of support proceedings filed pursuant to chapter 39 of Title 33.
(10) All protective services for developmentally disabled persons proceedings filed pursuant to chapter 215 of Title 18.
(11) All mental health proceedings filed pursuant to chapters 179, 181 and 185 of Title 18.
(12) All involuntary sterilization proceedings filed pursuant to chapter 204 of Title 18.
(13) All care for mentally retarded persons proceedings filed pursuant to chapter 206 of Title 18.
(14) All abuse prevention proceedings filed pursuant to chapter 21 of Title 15. Any district or superior judge may issue orders for emergency relief pursuant to section 1104 of Title 15.
(15) All abuse and exploitation proceedings filed pursuant to subchapter 2 of chapter 69 of Title 33.
(16) All emancipation of minors proceedings filed pursuant to chapter 217 of Title 12.
(17) All proceedings relating to the dissolution of a civil union. (Added 1989, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1990; amended 1991, No. 180 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1995, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1997, No. 116 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1999, No. 91 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)