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District Court for the District of Columbia", and inserting in lieu thereof "Domestic Relations Branch of the Municipal Court for the District of Columbia". (b) Subsection (a) of section 3, and section 13 of the Act entitled "An Act to prescribe and regulate the procedure for adoption in the District of Columbia", approved June 8, 1954 (68 Stat. 241), is ^^-^ ^6-^20^* ^^' amended by striking therefrom "United States District" and inserting in lieu thereof "Domestic Relations Branch of the Municipal". (c) Section 6 of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the placing of children in family homes, and for other purposes, approved April 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 194), as amended, is amended by striking "Office of the yg^; c* C"*** ^aClerk of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia" and by striking "Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia", and by inserting in lieu of each such phrase "Domestic Relations Branch of the Municipal Court for the District of Columbia". SEC. 108. DOCKET.—A separate docket shall be maintained for the Domestic Relations Branch. There shall be recorded in such docket the actions taken at each stage of each action and proceeding instituted or conducted in the branch. SEC. 109. PROCESS.—Service of process for the Domestic Relations Branch shall be made by the United States marshal for the District of Columbia or by any of his authorized assistants. Service of process for the Domestic Relations Branch may also be had by publication in the same manner as service of process is had by publication for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. SEC. 110. RULES.—The judges of the Domestic Relations Branch, with the approval of the chief judge of the court, shall by rules prescribe the fees, charges, and costs and the forms of process, writs, pleadings, and motions, and the practice and procedure in actions and proceedings in the Domestic Relations Branch. Such rules shall neither abridge, enlarge, nor modify the substantive rights of any litigant. Except as otherwise specifically provided by such rules, the applicable Federal Rules of Civil Procedure shall govern in the branch. SEC. 111. APPEALS.—Any party aggrieved by any final or interlocutory order or j u d ^ e n t entered in the Domestic Relations Branch shall have the same right of appeal available in respect to any final or interlocutory order or judgment entered in the civil branch of the court. SEC. 112. SESSIONS.—The Domestic Relations Branch, with at least one judge in attendance, shall be open for the transaction of business every day of the year except Saturday afternoons, Sundays, and legal holidays, and, if deemed necessary, may also hold night sessions. SEC. 113. JURISDICTION OF JUVENILE COURT NOT AFFECTED.—Noth-

ing contained in this Act shall be construed so as to affect or diminish the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia, or any judge presiding therein. SEC. 114. APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZED.—Appropriations for

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penses necessary for the operation of the Domestic Relations Branch, including personal services, are hereby authorized. SEC. 115. EFFECTIVE DATES.—This Act, except sections 105,106, and 107, shall take effect upon its approval. Sections 105, 106, and 107 shall take effect thirty days after the appointment and qualification of the three additional judges authorized by this Act to be appointed to the court. Approved April 11, 1956.

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