Victorian Current Acts

STATUS OF CHILDREN ACT 1974 - SECT 18

    (1)     The court that has jurisdiction to make a substitute parentage order or any other order under this Part is—

        (a)     the Supreme Court; or

        (b)     at the applicant's option, the County Court.

    (2)     If an application for a substitute parentage order or other order under this Part is made to the County Court, and the County Court considers that, in all the circumstances of the case, the matter should be dealt with by the Supreme Court, the County Court may direct that the application be transferred to the Supreme Court.

S. 19 inserted by No. 76/2008 s. 147, substituted by No. 80/2014 s. 33.