Changes to Legal Aid NSW care and protection policies
11/02/2009
The Legal Aid Board has approved some cost savings measures for the Family Law Program. These savings initiatives involve some changes to the Commonwealth Family Law Policy and Guidelines, as well as the Care and Protection Policy and Guidelines.
The Merit Test will now be applied to most adult applicants in care and protection matters. There is guidance in the Family Law Guidelines on how the test should be applied in these matters.
In Commonwealth family law matters there are changes to the following types of matters:
Time spend with child/children
Divorce or nullity of marriage;
Enforcement of orders;
Contempt of court and breach of court orders; and
Disputes about intractable but discrete issues.
11 February 2009
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