Department of Family and Community Services (DFaCS) and Leo [2019] NSWChC 3

Children's Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Department of Family and Community Services (DFaCS) and Leo [2019] NSWChC 3 Hearing dates: 12 April 2019 Date of orders: 12 April 2019 Decision date: 26 April 2019 Jurisdiction: Care and protection Before: Children's Magistrate Sheedy Decision: Leave granted to the Independent Legal Representative to bring an application pursuant to s 90 of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 for rescission or variation of a care order Catchwords: CHILDREN – Care and protection Legislation Cited: Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Amendment Act 2018 Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Regulation 2012 Cases Cited: Dempster v National Companies and Securities Commission (1993) 9 WAR 215 EC v Secretary, NSW Department of Family and Community Services [2019] NSWSC 226 In the matter of Campbell [2011] NSWSC 761 S v Department of Community Services (DoCS) [2002] NSWCA 151 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: The Secretary The Mother The Child Representation: Ms Wong, solicitor, for the Secretary Mr Herridge, solicitor, for the mother Mr Mara, solicitor, for the child as his Independent Legal Representative File Number(s): 2017/198946 Publication restriction: Pseudonyms have been used in order to anonymise the child and parties