Care of Children Act 2004

68 Court may make certain orders or respond in other ways to contravention of parenting orders

• (1) On an application for the purpose by a party to a parenting order, the court may, if satisfied that another party to the order has contravened the order, do any of the following:

  • (a) admonish the party who has contravened the order:

  • (b) vary or discharge the parenting order under section 56 (for example, by reducing the time during which the child is in the care of, or has contact with, the party who has contravened the order).

  (2) The court may (as well as, or instead of, exercising its powers under subsection (1)) consider making an order or issuing a warrant under any of sections 70 to 77 if—

  • (a) the contravention that is the subject of the application under this section is of a serious nature; or

  • (b) the party who has contravened the parenting order has previously contravened that order or another order under this Act.

  (3) Nothing in this section limits other powers of the court to deal with a contravention of a parenting order.

  (4) On receiving an application under this section, the Registrar—

  • (a) must appoint a date and time for the hearing of the application and, by notice in writing to the parties to the application, inform them of that date and time:

  • (b) may, if the court directs, request them to attend.