law: Family Courts Act, 1984
  15. Record of oral evidence 
  In suits or proceedings before a Family Court,
  
  it shall not be necessary to record the evidence of witnesses at length, but
  
  the Judge, as the examination of each witness proceeds, shall, record or cause
  
  to be recorded, a memorandum of the substance of what the witness deposes, and
  
  such memorandum shall be signed by the witness and the Judge and shall form
  
  part of the record.