Section 61DAA — Family Law Act 1975 (Cth)

(1) If a parenting order provides for joint decision‑making by persons in relation to all or specified major long‑term issues in relation to a child, then, except to the extent the order otherwise specifies, the order is taken to require each of the persons:

(a) to consult each other person in relation to each such decision; and

(b) to make a genuine effort to come to a joint decision.

(2) To avoid doubt, this section does not require any other person to establish, before acting on a decision about the child communicated by one of those persons, that the decision has been made jointly.

Related sections

• s 61C — Each parent has parental responsibility (subject to court orders)
• s 61CA — Consultation between parents on major long‑term issues
• s 61D — Parenting orders and parental responsibility
• s 61DAB — No need to consult on issues that are not major long‑term issues
• s 61E — Effect of adoption on parental responsibility
• s 61F — Application to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander children

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