Only the following family law services will be dealt with:
| (a) |
Orders of court falling due or required to be made during the period of lockdown in the following matters: |
| (iii) |
removal of children in need of care and protection; |
| (iv) |
placement of children in child and youth care centres; and |
| (v) |
international child abduction cases. |
| (i) |
First time applications for maintenance will only be allowed if the complete information is supplied in respect of required names, surname, telephone or cellular phone number, employment or business address, banking details of the respondent; and |
| (ii) |
applications in respect of enforcement of maintenance orders. |
| (i) |
Applications for interim domestic violence protection orders; and |
| (ii) |
Applications for interim protection against harassment. |
| (d) |
Where the return date of an application for protection orders referred to under subparagraph (c) above falls on a date during lockdown, such date shall be extended up to one month after the end of the lockdown. |
Witness Protection Act, 1998
