FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 68M Order that child be made available for examination
FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 68M
Order that child be made available for examination(1) This section applies if an independent children's lawyer is appointed to independently represent a child's interests in relation to proceedings under this Act.
(2) The court may, on application by the independent children's lawyer, order a person mentioned in subsection (3) to make the child available, as specified in the order, for an examination to be made for the purpose of preparing a report about the child for use by the independent children's lawyer in connection with the proceedings.
(3) The order may be directed to:
(a) a parent of the child; or
(b) a person with whom the child is to live under a parenting order; or
(c) a person with whom the child is to spend time under a parenting order; or
(d) a person with whom the child is to communicate under a parenting order; or
(e) a person who has parental responsibility for the child.