Section 65L — Family Law Act 1975 (Cth)

(1) If a court makes a parenting order in relation to a child, the court may also, subject to subsection (2), make either or both of the following orders:

(a) an order requiring compliance with the parenting order, as far as practicable, to be supervised by a family consultant;

(b) an order requiring a family consultant to give any party to the parenting order such assistance as is reasonably requested by that party in relation to compliance with, and the carrying out of, the parenting order.

(2) In deciding whether to make a particular order under subsection (1) in relation to a child, a court must regard the best interests of the child as the paramount consideration.

Note: Sections 60CB to 60CG deal with how a court determines a child’s best interests.

Related sections

• 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
• s 65LA — Court may order attendance at a post‑separation parenting program
• s 65LB — Conditions for providers of post‑separation parenting programs
• s 65X — Interpretation

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