Protection Order Validity During Divorce Proceedings

Following the wife's request for protection measures, an urgent order regarding child custody was issued, but the husband subsequently filed for divorce, leading the lower court to dismiss the protection proceedings as moot because the divorce court could address the matters through precautionary measures. The appellate court overturned this dismissal, reasoning that orders issued by the protection judge before the initiation of divorce proceedings remain in effect during the divorce process unless explicitly revoked or modified by precautionary measures under the relevant statute, a principle that also applies when the protection judge's jurisdiction was established before the divorce filing but the decision is rendered afterward, as the scope of competence and the temporal effect of decisions between the two forums are not identical, particularly regarding custody and support matters initiated prior to the divorce filing.