Section 12 — Assistance of medical and welfare experts.

The Family Courts Act, 1984

12.  Assistance of medical and welfare experts.—In every suit or proceedings, it shall be open to a 

Family Court to secure the services of a medical expert or such person (preferably a woman where 

available), whether related to the parties or not, including a person professionally engaged in promoting 

the welfare of the family as the Court may think fit, for the purposes of assisting the Family Court in 

discharging the functions imposed by this Act.

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