Western Australian Current Acts

FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 66HC

66HC .         Adviser’s obligations in relation to best interests of child — FLA s. 60D

        (1)         In this section —

        adviser means a person who is —

            (a)         a legal practitioner; or

            (b)         a family counsellor; or

            (c)         a family dispute resolution practitioner; or

            (d)         a family consultant.

        (2)         If an adviser gives advice or assistance to a person about matters concerning a child and this Part, the adviser must —

            (a)         inform the person that the person should regard the best interests of the child as the paramount consideration; and

            (b)         encourage the person to act on the basis that the child’s bests interests are best met —

                  (i)         by the child having a meaningful relationship with both of the child’s parents; and

                  (ii)         by the child being protected from physical or psychological harm from being subjected to, or exposed to, abuse, neglect or family violence; and

                  (iii)         in applying the considerations set out in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) — by giving greater weight to the consideration set out in subparagraph (ii).

        [Section 66HC inserted: No. 13 of 2013 s. 12.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 35 of 2006 s. 83.]