CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (CARE AND PROTECTION) ACT 1998 - SECT 115 Alternative parenting plan

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (CARE AND PROTECTION) ACT 1998 - SECT 115

115 Alternative parenting plan

(1) In this Chapter,
"alternative parenting plan" means a plan--

(a) that sets out the way in which the needs of the child or young person are proposed to be met having regard to the breakdown in the relationship between the child or young person and his or her parents, and

(b) that may include proposals concerning the following--

(i) allocation of parental responsibility or specific aspects of parental responsibility,

(ii) residential arrangements,

(iii) supervision,

(iv) contact arrangements,

(v) education and training,

(vi) medical care,

(vii) the provision of services.

(2) In seeking to resolve conflict of a kind to which this Chapter applies--

(a) the Secretary must formulate an alternative parenting plan if the Secretary is a party to the proceedings, and

(b) any party may formulate an alternative parenting plan if the Secretary is not a party to the proceedings.