Court to consider other procedural matters for child protection proceeding
71 Court to consider other procedural matters for child protection proceeding
The court must consider each of the following for a child protection proceeding—
whether to make an order under the Child Protection Act, section 68(1)(d) requiring the chief executive to convene a family group meeting, regardless of whether a meeting has already been held in the proceeding;
whether to make an order under the Child Protection Act, section 68(1)(e) that a conference between the parties be held, regardless of whether a conference has already been held in the proceeding;
whether to make an order under the Child Protection Act, chapter 2, part 5, division 1 not otherwise mentioned in this part;
whether to make an order under the Child Protection Act, section 114 transferring the proceeding to another court;
whether to hear 2 or more applications together under the Child Protection Act, section 115;Example of when to consider whether to hear 2 applications together—
there are 2 separate applications and the children the subject of the applications are siblings
whether to make an order or issue a direction under the Child Protection Act, chapter 6, part 6, division 3 or these rules about disclosure.
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