Court proceedings dealing with whom a child spends time with
(1) A court hearing proceedings under Part VII (Children) or regulations made for the purposes of section 111B dealing with: (a) whom a child is to spend time with; or (b) whom a child is to communicate with; must admit into evidence and consider the findings (if any) of a competent authority of a Convention country on the suitability of a parent as a person for the child to spend time with or communicate with. (2) The court may adjourn the proceedings pending the outcome of a request by a parent of the child to a competent authority of a Convention country for a finding on the suitability of the parent as a person for the child to spend time with or communicate with. (3) On the application of a parent who is an Australian resident seeking to have, or to continue to have, a child spend time with or communicate with the parent, a court may: (a) admit evidence; and (b) make a finding on the suitability of that parent as a person for the child to spend time with or communicate with; and (c) specify conditions on which the child is to spend time with or communicate with the person.
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