CM v Secretary, Department of Communities and Justice

[2021] NSWSC 1442

Supreme Court of NSW

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For Australian Law.

1. Child Welfare
2. › Jurisdiction
3. › Supreme Court of New South Wales
4. › Parens patriae
5. › where the Court has informed the applicant mother the appropriate forum to challenge Olsson SC DCJ’s appointment of a Guardian ad litem would be the Court of Appeal
6. › where the applicant mother expressed she did not want the case referred to the Court of Appeal
7. › whether there are exceptional circumstances warranting the Court’s exercise of its parens patriae jurisdiction.
1. Child Welfare
2. › Care proceedings
3. › Guardian ad litem
4. › whether the Children’s Court may appoint a Guardian ad litem for an applicant parent pursuant to Care Act, ss 98(2A) and 101 where that parent is self-represented and does not wish to be legally represented
5. › observations on the construction of Care Act, ss 98(2A) and 101.