71When parents must attend court proceedings

71 When parents must attend court proceedings (1) A parent of a child or young person who is the subject of a proceeding in a court must attend the court throughout the proceeding if— (a) notice of the proceeding has been given to the parent; or (b) the parent otherwise knows of the proceeding. (2) Notice of a proceeding given to a parent must state— (a) when and where the hearing of the proceeding will begin; and (b) that a warrant may be issued to bring the parent before the court if the parent does not attend throughout the proceeding. (3) The court may issue a warrant to bring a parent of a child or young person before the court if— (a) notice of the proceeding has been given to a parent of the child or young person; but

(b) neither parent attends the court at the beginning of, or at any time during, the proceeding. (4) This section applies to a parent who lives in or outside the ACT. (5) However, this section does not apply to a parent if— (a) daily care responsibility or long-term care responsibility for the child or young person has been transferred to someone else; or (b) for a criminal proceeding—the parent was a victim of an offence to which the proceeding relates and the court excludes the parent under section 72 (2); or (c) exceptional circumstances prevent the parent from attending. Examples—par (c) 1 the parent is overseas and unable to return 2 the parent is serving a sentence of imprisonment by full-time detention (6) Also, this section does not apply to a proceeding under the care and protection chapters.