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Type: | Journal Article |
Title: | Section 68T Family Law Act 1975 magistrates' powers to alter Family Court contact orders when making or varying ADVOs |
Other Titles: | Judicial officers bulletin |
Authors: | Kaye, Miranda |
Keywords: | Protection orders;Family law |
Year: | 2003 |
Publisher: | Judicial Commission of New South Wales |
Citation: | 15 (1), February 2003 |
Notes: | Section 68T of the Family Law Act was enacted to prevent exposing parties to violence because of Family Court contact orders. Families who experience violence are at risk of continuing violence at contact or changeover of children. To help keep people safe, when a Magistrate makes an Apprehended Domestic Violence Order, s/he has the power to change the existing contact order for an order that does not involve any contact between the parents. If a contact order is inconsistent with an ADVO, the contact order prevails unless the Magistrate suspends or discharges it. Unfortunately, although section 68T is clearly useful, its complex drafting and lack of publicity leave it under-utilised. |
URI: | https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/16829 |
ISSN: | 10361294 |
Appears in Collections: | Journal Articles |
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