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FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 68M

Order that child be made available for examination

  (1)   This section applies if an independent children's lawyer is appointed to independently represent a child's interests in relation to proceedings under this Act.

  (2)   The court may, on application by the independent children's lawyer, order a person mentioned in subsection   (3) to make the child available, as specified in the order, for an examination to be made for the purpose of preparing a report about the child for use by the independent children's lawyer in connection with the proceedings.

  (3)   The order may be directed to:

  (a)   a parent of the child; or

  (b)   a person with whom the child is to live under a parenting order; or

  (c)   a person with whom the child is to spend time under a parenting order; or

  (d)   a person with whom the child is to communicate under a parenting order; or

  (e)   a person who has parental responsibility for the child.



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