Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Youth justice - Parenting education programme orders

297A: Written statements of terms, and how court may respond to failures to comply

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"What happens when you don't follow a court order to attend a parenting programme"

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If you are a young person who is, or is soon to be, a parent or guardian, and the court orders you to attend a parenting education programme under section 283(ja), you will get a written statement of the terms of the order. The court will give you this statement according to section 340. You will know what to do.

If the court orders a parent or guardian to attend a parenting education programme under section 283(ja), the court will send them a written statement. This statement will say what the order means, what might happen if they do not follow the order, how the order can be changed, and how they can appeal the order. The statement will have all the important details.

If the court finds out that someone is not following an order to attend a parenting education programme, the court can do something about it. The court can ask for a report under section 320 to see what is happening. Then the court can decide what to do next.

The court can tell a care and protection co-ordinator to have a family group conference under Part 2 to talk about the children in the person's care. This conference will help figure out what is best for the children. The care and protection co-ordinator will follow the rules and make sure the conference happens.

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297: Powers of court in dealing with young person subject to order made under this Part, or

"What happens when a court makes a decision about a young person who has broken the law?"

297B: Nature of programmes, who may consent to medical treatment, and related custody orders, or

"Rules about programmes to help young people with issues, and who can agree to medical treatment"

Part 4Youth justice
Parenting education programme orders

297AWritten statements of terms, and how court may respond to failures to comply

If an order under section 283(ja) is made requiring a young person who is, or is soon to be, a parent or guardian or other person having the care of a child to attend a parenting education programme, a written statement of the terms of the order must be supplied to that young person in accordance with section 340.
If an order under section 283(ja) is made requiring a parent or guardian or other person having the care of a young person to attend a parenting education programme, the court must as soon as is reasonably practicable cause to be supplied to the parent or guardian or other person a written statement specifying—
the terms and conditions of the order:
possible consequences of a failure to comply with the order:
provisions for variation of the order:
rights of appeal against the order.

Subsection (4) applies if the court is at any time satisfied in the light of a report under section 320 or of other information available to it that a person required to attend a parenting education programme by an order under section 283(ja) has failed to comply with the order.
The court may direct a care and protection co-ordinator to convene a family group conference under Part 2 for the purpose of considering matters relating to the care or protection of every child or young person in the care of the person required by the order under section 283(ja) to attend the parenting education programme.
The care and protection co-ordinator must comply with, and Part 2 applies with all necessary modifications to a conference convened in accordance with, a direction under subsection (4).

Notes

Section 297A: inserted, on 1 October 2010, by section 30 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Youth Courts Jurisdiction and Orders) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 2).