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FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 205F

205F .         Standard of proof — FLA s. 70NAF

        (1)         Subject to subsection (3), the standard of proof to be applied in determining matters in proceedings under this Division is proof on the balance of probabilities.

        (2)         Without limiting subsection (1), that subsection applies to the determination of whether a person who contravened an order under this Act affecting children had a reasonable excuse for the contravention.

        (3)         A court may only make an order under —

            (aa)         section 205O(1)(ea); or

            (ab)         section 205QA(3)(a); or

            (a)         section 205SB(2)(a), (d) or (e); or

            (b)         section 205SF(3)(a),

                if the court is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the grounds for making the order exist.

        [Section 205F inserted: No. 35 of 2006 s. 101; amended: No. 13 of 2013 s. 29.]

[ 205FA.         Deleted: No. 35 of 2006 s. 101.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 35 of 2006 s. 101.]



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