FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 89
FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 89
89 . Court’s power to make parenting order — FLA s. 65D
(1) In proceedings for
a parenting order, a court may, subject to sections 70A and 89AB and this
Division, make such parenting order as it thinks proper.
(2) Without limiting
the generality of subsection (1) and subject to section 70A and section 89AB
and this Division, a court may make a parenting order that discharges, varies,
suspends or revives some or all of an earlier parenting order.
(3) If the application
for the parenting order was made as a result of the adjournment under
section 205O of proceedings under Division 13 Subdivision 5 —
(a) the
court must hear and determine the application as soon as practicable; and
(b) if
the court makes a parenting order on the application, the court may, if it
thinks it is appropriate to do so, dismiss the proceedings under that
Subdivision.
[Section 89 amended: No. 25 of 2002 s. 7; No. 35
of 2006 s. 94 and 100.]