The court most people actually deal with, sitting in every municipality. The 2022 Family Code created specialist family panels and introduced court-supervised mediation for family disputes, significantly expanding this tier's role.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- first instance
- Court type
- Municipal courts
- Jurisdiction
- Most first-instance criminal, civil, family, labour and housing matters, including the new family jurisdiction under the 2022 Family Code.
- Seat
- La Habana
- Composition
- A professional judge presiding with two lay judges.
- Appointment
- Elected by the municipal assembly of People's Power.
- Languages
- Spanish
Where an appeal goes next
Appeal to the Tribunal Provincial Popular.
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