FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 111CW Court proceedings dealing with whom a child spends time with

FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 111CW

  (1)   A court hearing proceedings under Part   VII (Children) or regulations made for the purposes of section   111B dealing with:

  (a)   whom a child is to spend time with; or

  (b)   whom a child is to communicate with;

must admit into evidence and consider the findings (if any) of a competent authority of a Convention country on the suitability of a parent as a person for the child to spend time with or communicate with.

  (2)   The court may adjourn the proceedings pending the outcome of a request by a parent of the child to a competent authority of a Convention country for a finding on the suitability of the parent as a person for the child to spend time with or communicate with.

  (3)   On the application of a parent who is an Australian resident seeking to have, or to continue to have, a child spend time with or communicate with the parent, a court may:

  (a)   admit evidence; and

  (b)   make a finding on the suitability of that parent as a person for the child to spend time with or communicate with; and

  (c)   specify conditions on which the child is to spend time with or communicate with the person.