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The Courier-Mail has been issued with a summons to face a Brisbane court after allegedly breaching the Family Law Act during its coverage of an international custody battle over four Italian sisters.

The Courier-Mail's coverage of the custody dispute on May 15 and 16, 2012.

The Australian Federal Police launched an investigation into the Queensland newspaper after it last year published the names and photographs of the sisters at the centre of the dispute.

Photos of the girls were published on the front page of the The Courier-Mail on May 15 and 16 last year, prompting a complaint from the Chief Justice of the Family Court.