Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Care and protection of children and young persons - Variation and discharge of orders

126A: Court may direct holding of family group conference to consider application

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"Court can order a family meeting to discuss your application"

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If you make an application under section 125, the court can tell a care and protection co-ordinator to set up a family group conference. The court will say what the conference should talk about, and it can delay the application hearing until the conference happens. The court will use rules from sections 20 to 36 to help set up the family group conference, and it will make any necessary changes to those rules. You should know that the court is in charge of deciding what happens at the conference and when it happens.

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Part 2Care and protection of children and young persons
Variation and discharge of orders

126ACourt may direct holding of family group conference to consider application

Where an application is made under section 125, the court, at any stage of the proceedings, may direct a care and protection co-ordinator to convene a family group conference for the purpose of considering such matters relating to the child or young person as the court directs, and may adjourn the hearing of the application until the conference has been held.
The provisions of sections 20 to 36 shall apply with all necessary modifications with respect to the convening of a family group conference for the purposes of this section.

Notes

Section 126A: inserted, on 8 January 1995, by section 18 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 121).