Under the Child Protection Act 1999 (Qld), the statutory scheme provides only one level of appeal as of right from a decision on a child protection application; any further appeal to the Court of Appeal requires leave. The Childrens Court has jurisdiction to make child protection orders in respect of a child ordinarily resident in Queensland even if the child is temporarily absent from the State when proceedings are commenced. The rule in Laurie v Carroll requiring service within the jurisdiction to found jurisdiction over a defendant has no application to child protection proceedings. The service and notice provisions in ss 56 and 58 of the Act regulate the exercise of jurisdiction but do not confer it.
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