New Zealand Acts

CARE OF CHILDREN ACT 2004 - SECT 50

50 Parenting orders in respect of children of or over 16 years

1 A parenting order determining the person or persons who have the role of providing day-to-day care for a child of or over the age of 16 years must not be made unless there are special circumstances.

2 An order in respect of a child under the age of 16 years expires, so far as it relates to providing day-to-day care for the child, when the child attains that age unless the court in special circumstances orders otherwise on or after making the order.

3 Nothing in this section applies in respect of children who are under the guardianship of the court, or affects the power of the court to make orders in respect of the upbringing of a child, or to appoint or remove guardians.

Note: 1968 No 63 s 24