17Loss of care for child

17 Loss of care for child

For the purposes of Subdivision A, a person satisfies this section for a child on a day if: (a) the person was caring for the child before that day; and (b) on that day, the person, or the person’s partner: (i) is the child’s parent; or (ii) is otherwise legally responsible for the child; and (c) on or before that day, an event occurs, without the person or the person’s partner’s consent that prevents the child being in the person’s care on that day; and (d) if the child is in the care of another parent on that day—the person or the person’s partner has a court order or a parenting plan that provides that the child is to live with the person or the person’s partner on that day; and (e) the person or the person’s partner has taken reasonable steps on or before that day for the child to be in the person’s care again after that day.