Section 65G — Family Law Act 1975 (Cth)

(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) The 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 the conditions in paragraph (a) are not satisfied.

Related sections

• s 65DAB — Court to have regard to parenting plans
• s 65DA — Parenting orders
• s 65F — General requirements for counselling before parenting order made
• s 65H — Children who are 18 or over or who have married or entered de facto relationships
• s 65J — Effect of adoption on parenting order
• s 65K — What happens when parenting order that deals with whom a child lives with does not make provision in relation to death of parent with whom child lives

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