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Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Care and protection of children and young persons - Family group conferences

32: Records of decisions, recommendations, and plans of family group conferences to be made available to interested persons

You could also call this:

"Getting a copy of what was decided at your family group conference"

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When you are part of a family group conference, a record is made of the decisions, recommendations, and plans. You will get a copy of this record if you are the child or young person the conference is about, unless you are too young to understand it. You will also get a copy if you are a parent or guardian of the child, or if you take care of them. Your lawyer or advocate will get a copy too, as will anyone else who will be affected by the decisions made.

If you are in court because of this Act, the court will get a copy of the record from the family group conference. This record is made under section 29(3), which explains what should be in the record. The people who run the conference will make sure you get a copy of the record, as well as other important people like your social worker and the care and protection resource panel.

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Part 2Care and protection of children and young persons
Family group conferences

32Records of decisions, recommendations, and plans of family group conferences to be made available to interested persons

  1. Every care and protection co-ordinator who convenes a family group conference under this Part shall ensure that a copy of every record made pursuant to section 29(3) in relation to that conference is given or sent to—

  2. the child or young person in respect of whom the conference was convened, unless the child or young person would be unable, by reason of its age or level of maturity, to understand the contents of the record; and
    1. every person who is a parent or guardian of that child or young person or has the care of that child or young person; and
      1. any barrister or solicitor or lay advocate representing the child or young person; and
        1. any other person who is or will be directly affected by any decision, recommendation, or plan detailed in that record; and
          1. where there is an appropriate iwi social service or cultural social service with respect to the child or young person, that social service; and
            1. the appropriate care and protection resource panel.

              1. Where any child or young person is the subject of any proceedings under this Act before any court, a copy of the record made pursuant to section 29(3) in respect of any family group conference held in relation to that child or young person shall be made available to that court.

              Notes
              • Section 32(1)(e): replaced, on , by section 46 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 121).