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FEDERAL CIRCUIT AND FAMILY COURT OF AUSTRALIA (FAMILY LAW) RULES 2021 (F2021L01197) - RULE 3.15

Appointment of litigation guardian

             (1)  A person may apply for the appointment, replacement or removal of a person as the litigation guardian of a party.

             (2)  The court may, at the request of a party or on its own initiative, appoint or remove a litigation guardian, or substitute another person as litigation guardian, in a proceeding in the interests of a person who needs a litigation guardian.

             (3)  A person becomes a litigation guardian if the person consents to the appointment by filing an affidavit of consent in the proceeding.

             (4)  The court may remove a litigation guardian at the request of the litigation guardian.



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