Practitioners seeking to invoke the parens patriae jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to override Children's Court orders should note that this will only be entertained in unusual circumstances, particularly where orders are sought outside the Children's Court's jurisdiction, and that the proper vehicle for challenge is the statutory appeal.
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