Victorian Current Acts

CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES ACT 2005 - SECT 175C

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     a child who is subject to an interim accommodation order has been placed in out of home care; or

        (b)     the Secretary has parental responsibility for a child under a family reunification order or a therapeutic treatment (placement) order.

    (2)     The Secretary must, to the fullest extent possible, work with and engage any parent with whom the child is intended to be reunified in making case planning decisions for the child.

    (3)     The Secretary must not make a decision about a major long-term issue in relation to the child if a parent who has parental responsibility for the child disagrees with the decision.

    (4)     Subsection (3) does not apply to a decision about a major long-term issue that the Secretary is expressly authorised to make under this Act.

    (5)     The Secretary may make a decision on an issue in relation to the child that is not a major long-term issue without the agreement of a parent of the child.

S. 176 substituted by No. 61/2014 s. 98.