law: Family Courts Act, 1984
  7. Jurisdiction 
  (1) Subject to the other provisions of this
  
  Act, a Family Court shall- 
  (a) have and exercise
  
  all the jurisdiction exercisable by any district court or any subordinate civil
  
  court under any law for the time being in force in respect of suits and
  
  proceedings of the nature referred to in the explanation; and
  (b) be deemed, for the
  
  purposes of exercising such jurisdiction under such law, to be a district court
  
  or, as the case may be, such subordinate civil court for the area to which the jurisdiction
  
  of the Family Court extends.
  Explanation: The suits and
  
  proceedings referred to in this sub-section are suits and proceedings of the
  
  following nature, namely,- 
  (a) a suit or
  
  proceeding between the parties to a marriage for a decree of nullity of
  
  marriage (declaring the marriage to be null and void or, as the case may be,
  
  annulling the marriage) or restitution of conjugal rights or judicial
  
  separation or dissolution of marriage;
  (b) a suit or
  
  proceeding for a declaration as to the validity of a marriage or as to the
  
  matrimonial status of any person;
  (c) a suit or
  
  proceeding between the parties to a marriage with respect to the property of
  
  the parties or of either of them;
  (d) a suit or
  
  proceeding for an order or injunction in circumstances arising out of a marital
  
  relationship;
  (e) a suit or
  
  proceeding for a declaration as to the legitimacy of any person;
  (f) a suit or
  
  proceeding for maintenance;
  (g) a suit or
  
  proceeding in relation to the guardianship of the person or the custody of, or
  
  access to, any minor.
  (2) Subject to the other provisions of this
  
  Act, a Family Court shall also have and exercise- 
  (a) the jurisdiction
  
  exercisable by a Magistrate of the First Class under Chapter IX (relating to
  
  order for maintenance of wife, children and parents) of the Code of Criminal
  
  Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974); and
  (b) such other 
  
  jurisdiction as may be conferred on it by any other enactment.