In this part of the law, a specified proceeding is a type of court case. You will come across this term when someone is seeking an order under the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction signed at The Hague on 25 October 1980. This term also applies to cases about who looks after a person who cannot manage their own life or property.

A specified proceeding can also be a court case about managing someone's property when they are unable to do it themselves. You might see this happen when a person is not able to take care of their own affairs. The law uses this term to describe these specific types of court cases.

The term specified proceeding is used to describe court cases that involve certain situations, such as the ones mentioned above. When you hear this term, it refers to these specific types of cases. It is a way to categorise certain court proceedings under the law.