(1) This section
applies if —
(a) a
court proposes to make a parenting order that deals with whom a child is to
live with; and
(b)
under the order, the child would not live with a parent, grandparent or other
relative of the child; and
(c) the
court proposes to make that order with the consent of all the parties to the
proceedings.
(1a) This section also
applies if —
(a) a
court proposes to make a parenting order that deals with the allocation of
parental responsibility for a child; and
(b)
under the order, no parent, grandparent or other relative of the child would
be allocated parental responsibility for the child; and
(c) the
court proposes to make that order with the consent of all the parties to the
proceedings.
(2) A court must not
make the proposed order unless —
(a) the
parties to the proceedings have attended a conference with a family consultant
to discuss the matter to be determined by the proposed order; or
(b) the
court is satisfied that there are circumstances that make it appropriate to
make the proposed order even though paragraph (a) has not been complied with.
[Section 92 amended: No. 35 of 2006 s. 97 and
148.]