Contents

 
 Index
Expand Children's Court Bench Book
 Part A - Introduction
Expand 1 - Overview
Expand 2 - Structure and Divisions
Expand 3 - Acts and subordinate legislation
Expand 4 - Open justice and prohibition on publication
Expand 5 - General procedural provisions
 Part B - Family Division
Expand 6 - Jurisdiction of the Family Division
Expand 7 - Parental responsibility and major long-term issues
Expand 8 - Principles in the Family Division
Expand 9 - The Department of Health and Human Services
Expand 10 - Procedure in Family Division
Expand 11 - Legal representation
Expand 12 - Hearings
Expand 13 - Orders in the Family Division
Collapse 14 - Service of applications and documents
   Expand 14.1 - General provisions for service
   Expand 14.2 - Specific provisions for service – primary applications
   Collapse 14.3 - Specific provisions for service – secondary applications
       14.3.1 - Variation or revocation of undertaking
       14.3.2 - Extension of Family Preservation Order (‘FPO’)
       14.3.3 - Variation or revocation of FPO
       14.3.4 - Extension of Family Reunification Order (‘FRO’) / CBSO
       14.3.5 - Variation or revocation of FRO
       14.3.6 - Revocation of CBSO / LTCO
       14.3.7 - Breach of FPO / Interim Accommodation Order (‘IAO’)
       14.3.8 - Application for variation of TTO
       14.3.9 - Application for Therapeutic Treatment (Placement) Order (‘TTPO’)
       14.3.10 - Application for extension of TTO / TTPO
       14.3.11 - Application for variation of TTO / TTPO
       14.3.12 - Application for revocation of TTO / TTPO
Expand 15 - Case planning by the Secretary
Expand 16 - Aboriginal children
Expand 17 - Reports to the Family Division
Expand 18 - The intersection of child protection and family laws
Expand 19 - Interstate transfer of child protection orders / proceedings
Expand 20 - Costs orders in the Family Division
Expand 21 - Specialist courts and programs in the Family Division
Expand 22 - Intervention Orders and Vexatious Proceedings
 Part C - Criminal Division
Expand 23 - Jurisdiction of the Criminal Division
Expand 24 - Commencement of proceedings
Expand 25 - Legal representation
Expand 26 - Custody and bail
Expand 27 - Proceedings in the Criminal Division
Expand 28 - Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997
Expand 29 - Sentencing in the Children’s Court
Expand 30 - Youth Parole Board
Expand 31 - Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004
Expand 32 - Enforcement of infringements in the Children’s Court
 Part D - Other Divisions
Expand 33 - Children’s Koori Court (Criminal Division)
Expand 34 - Neighbourhood Justice Division
 Part E - Children's Court Clinic and Court services
Expand 35 - Children’s Court Clinic
Expand 36 - Court services