Guardian to be served
33 Guardian to be served
This rule applies to a person if—
the person is required to serve a child protection application, an Adoption Act application or an acknowledgement of sex application on another person; and
the person knows, or reasonably believes, that the person to be served—
is a person with impaired capacity for a matter; or
has a guardian.
If the person does not know whether the person to be served has a guardian for a matter, the person must make a reasonable attempt to find out whether the person to be served has a guardian for a matter.Example of a reasonable attempt to find out whether the person to be served has a guardian—
contacting the QCAT registry to find out if QCAT has appointed a guardianNote—
The chief executive may make an application to QCAT for an order appointing a guardian for a matter of dispensation under the Adoption Act, section 30.
If the person is aware, because of the attempt made under subrule (2) or otherwise, that the person to be served has a guardian for a matter, the person must serve the application on the guardian.
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