Last Updated: 1 December 2016

[FAM 47] Parenting orders and parental responsibility47 

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(1) A parenting order confers parental responsibility for a child on a person, but only to the extent to which the order confers on the person duties, powers, responsibilities or authority in relation to the child.
(2) A parenting order in relation to a child does not take away or diminish any aspect of the parental responsibility of any person for the child except to the extent (if any)—
  • (a)expressly provided for in the order; or
  • (b)necessary to give effect to the order.