Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Act 1970

Protection, custody, etc., of children

10Section 33 of the Act of 1965 shall continue to apply, and section 17 of this Act shall not apply, in relation to any proceedings for divorce or nullity of marriage in which a decree nisi has been granted but not made absolute before the commencement of this Act.

11Where in any such proceedings the court has made an order by virtue of section 34(1) of the Act of 1965 in relation to a child, the court shall have the like power to make a further order from time to time in relation to that child under section 3 or 18 of this Act as it has where it makes an order in relation to a child under subsection (1) of the said section 3 or 18, but nothing in the foregoing provision shall be taken as affecting the power of the court in any such proceedings to make an order under either of those sections in relation to any other child, being a child of the family.

12Where the court has made an order under section 22 of the Act of 1965 the court shall have the like power to make orders under section 19 of this Act with respect to the custody of any child of the family as it has where it makes an order under section 6 of this Act.