60C

If child and child’s parent are affected people

Current

If a child and the child’s parent are an affected person in relation to the same or similar family violence by a respondent in a proceeding—

(a)

if an application for a protection order by the child is included in an application for a protection order by the child’s parent under section 16A—the court may hear the application of the child and the child’s parent separately; or

(b)

if the child is not a party to the proceeding—the court may join the child in the proceeding.

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