Re Elm

[2006] NSWSC 1137

Supreme Court of NSW

Built by Barristers,
For Australian Law.

1. Family Law and Child Welfare
2. › Child Welfare
3. › mother proposing to refuse treatment for child in utero
4. › whether consent to medical treatment by person having “care responsibility” is sufficient if person having parental responsibility does not give, or refuses, consent
5. › whether doctors statutory authority to carry out urgent medical treatment without consent extends to continuation of that treatment
6. › ex parte proceedings.
1. Acts Cited:
1. (NSW) Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998, ss 43, 44, 49, 61, 157, 174
1. (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules, rr 10.1, 36.16