South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to
subsection (2), the Care and Protection Co-ordinator convening a
family care meeting will issue written invitations to attend to the following
persons:
(a) the
child; and
(b) the
guardians of the child; and
(c)
other members of the child's family who should, in the opinion of the
Co-ordinator, attend the meeting; and
(d) any
other person who has had a close association with the child and who should, in
the opinion of the Co-ordinator, attend the meeting; and
(e) any
other adult person (not being a legal practitioner) who the child or the
child's guardians wish to support them at the meeting and who, in the opinion
of the Co-ordinator, would be of assistance in that role.
(2) The Co-ordinator
is not required—
(a) to
invite the child to the meeting if the Co-ordinator is of the opinion that it
would not be in the best interests of the child for the child to attend; or
(b) to
invite any other particular person to the meeting if the Co-ordinator is of
the opinion that the attendance of that person would not be in the best
interests of the child.