Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) The Court must not make a permanent care order unless it has received and considered a disposition report.
(2) The Court must not make a permanent care order unless a stability plan has been prepared.
(3) The Court must not make a permanent care order if a protection order is in force in respect of the child but an application to the Court to revoke it has been made but not yet determined.
(4) The Court must not make a permanent care order if there is a current proceeding under the Family Law Act 1975 of the Commonwealth seeking an order (on the terms of which the parties to the proceeding have agreed) with respect to the custody and guardianship of the child, being a proceeding commenced by a person who is not a parent of the child.