Practice question
The Family Court's presiding judge is absent and an urgent minor-custody habeas petition is filed in the regular court under Section 20. What does that provision require when the Family Court judge returns?
- Refer the case to the Family Court as prescribed.
- Privately destroy the case record.
- Treat absence as permanent abolition of the Family Court.
- Automatically award custody to the first filer.
- Allow the respondent to select any foreign tribunal.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/supreme/am/am_03_04_04_sc_2003.html — Section 20.
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