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Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1988 - Section 63 - Evidence of Prior Alternative Action

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Category: Legislation and Acts
Created: Sunday, 11 December 2011 14:18
Written by Alecomm2
claws(1) When making a care application, the Director-General must furnish details to the Children’s Court of:
(a) the support and assistance provided for the safety, welfare and well-being of the child or young person, and
(b) the alternatives to a care order that were considered before the application was made and the reasons why those alternatives were rejected.
(2) The Children’s Court must not:
(a) dismiss a care application in relation to a child or young person, or
(b) discharge a child or young person who is in the care responsibility of the Director-General from that care responsibility,
by reason only that the Children’s Court is of the opinion that an appropriate alternative action that could have been taken in relation to the child or young person was not considered or taken.
(3) Subsection (2) does not prevent the Children’s Court from adjourning proceedings. (Source : http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/caypapa1998442/s63.html

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#1 Mrs Shauna Hicks — Guest 2015-04-23 19:57
Care Plan had not been made up until 16 months after the child had been removed from his mother. A follow up meeting has not been held, even though I have contacted DHS. Nothing was agreed upon. DHS have failed to protect the child on so many levels but continue to lie and be deceitful.

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