SC CIRCULAR NO. 44-98, September 10, 1998

Section 5 of the Family Courts Act of 1997 provides that the Family Courts
shall have exclusive original jurisdiction to hear and decide the cases
enumerated therein — criminal cases, civil cases and special proceedings. To
enable this Office to determine the present actual number of cases within the
jurisdiction of the Family Courts filed with and handled by the Regional Trial
Courts, all judges of the Regional Trial Courts are hereby directed to cause (1)
the taking of an inventory within ten (10) days from receipt of a copy of this
issuance of all cases falling within the jurisdiction of the Family Courts filed
with their respective courts; and (2) the preparation of the appropriate
inventory list (Refer to enclosed Case Inventory Form). The list shall indicate
the case number and the status of each case – whether for pre-trial, trial or
submitted for decision. The list shall be submitted to the Court Management
Office (Attention: The Chief, Statistical Reports Division) of the Office of the
Court Administrator on or before Wednesday, 7 October 1998.

For strict compliance.

REGIONAL TRIAL
COURT
____________________________________________
Branch_______________
CASE
INVENTORY (As of ____________________________________)

Presiding Judge : __________________________