Family Law Act 1975
68MOrder that child be made available for examination
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68M Order that child be made available for examination
(1) This section applies if an independent children’s lawyer is appointed to independently represent a child’s interests in relation to proceedings under this Act. (2) The court may, on application by the independent children’s lawyer, order a person mentioned in subsection (3) to make the child available, as specified in the order, for an examination to be made for the purpose of preparing a report about the child for use by the independent children’s lawyer in connection with the proceedings. (3) The order may be directed to: (a) a parent of the child; or (b) a person with whom the child is to live under a parenting order; or (c) a person with whom the child is to spend time under a parenting order; or (d) a person with whom the child is to communicate under a parenting order; or (e) a person who has parental responsibility for the child.