FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 66D
FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 66D
66D . How views of child are expressed — FLA s. 60CD
(1) A court required
under section 66C(3)(a) to consider any views expressed by a child in deciding
whether to make a particular parenting order in relation to the child is to
inform itself of the views expressed by a child in accordance with this
section.
(2) The court may
inform itself of views expressed by a child —
(a) by
having regard to anything contained in a report given to the court under
section 73(2); or
(b) by
making an order under section 164 for the child’s interests in the
proceedings to be independently represented by a lawyer; or
(c)
subject to the rules, by such other means as the court thinks appropriate.
[Section 66D inserted: No. 35 of 2006 s. 83.]