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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.]



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