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FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 7A

7A .         Meaning of major long-term issues — FLA s. 4(1)

        (1)         For the purposes of this Act —

        major long-term issues , in relation to a child, means issues about the care, welfare and development of the child of a long-term nature and includes (but is not limited to) issues of that nature about —

            (a)         the child’s education (both current and future); and

            (b)         the child’s religious and cultural upbringing; and

            (c)         the child’s health; and

            (d)         the child’s name; and

            (e)         changes to the child’s living arrangements that make it significantly more difficult for the child to spend time with a parent.

        (2)         To avoid doubt, a decision by a parent of a child to form a relationship with a new partner is not, of itself, a major long-term issue in relation to the child, however, the decision will involve a major long-term issue if, for example, the relationship with the new partner involves the parent moving to another area and the move will make it significantly more difficult for the child to spend time with the other parent.

        [Section 7A inserted: No. 35 of 2006 s. 171.]



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