1[Where a decree of
dissolution or nullity of marriage has been passed, the District Court may, upon application] by
petition for the purpose, make from time to time all such orders and provisions, with respect to the
custody, maintenance and education of the minor children, the marriage of whose parents was the
subject of the decree, or for placing such children under the protection of the said court, as might have been made by such decree absolute or decree (as the case may be), or by such interim orders as
aforesaid.
1. Subs. by, s. 26, ibid., for certain words (w.e.f. 3-10-2001).