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Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Care and protection of children and young persons - Custody of child or young person pending determination of proceedings

81: Placement of child or young person under order made under section 78

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"What happens if a court decides someone else should look after you"

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If you are a child or young person and a court makes an order under section 78, you might be placed in the care of someone else. This could be the chief executive, an iwi social service, a cultural social service, or the director of a child and family support service. They can then place you with a family member, or in a residence if the chief executive is looking after you.

The person looking after you can change where you live while the court order is in place. You might move to a different house or live with a different family member.

The court order gives the person looking after you the authority to make these decisions about where you live.

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Custody of child or young person pending determination of proceedings

81Placement of child or young person under order made under section 78

  1. Where, pursuant to an order made under section 78, a child or young person is placed in the custody of any person (being the chief executive or an iwi social service or a cultural social service or the director of a child and family support service), that order is sufficient authority for that person to place the child or young person—

  2. with a member of the child's or young person's family, whanau, or family group:
    1. where the child or young person is placed in the custody of the chief executive, in a residence.

      1. Subject to subsection (1), the person in whose custody a child or young person is so placed may, from time to time, during the currency of the order, change the placement of the child or young person.

      Compare
      • 1974 No 72 s 43(8)
      Notes
      • Section 81: replaced, on , by section 11 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 121).
      • Section 81(1): amended, on , by section 13 of the Department of Child, Youth and Family Services Act 1999 (1999 No 82).
      • Section 81(1)(b): amended, on , by section 13 of the Department of Child, Youth and Family Services Act 1999 (1999 No 82).