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FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 66HA

66HA .         Informing court of care arrangements under child welfare laws — FLA s. 60CH

        (1)         If a party to the proceedings is aware that the child, or another child who is a member of the child’s family, is under the care (however described) of a person under a child welfare law, that party must inform the court of the matter.

        (2)         If a person who is not a party to the proceedings is aware that the child, or another child who is a member of the child’s family, is under the care (however described) of a person under a child welfare law, that person may inform the court of the matter.

        (3)         Failure to inform the court of the matter does not affect the validity of any order made by the court.

        (4)         However, subsection (3) does not limit the operation of section 202.

        [Section 66HA inserted: No. 13 of 2013 s. 11.]



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