Practice Notes

Apprehended Violence Orders

• Practice Note No. 8 Apprehended Domestic and Personal Violence Proceedings in the Children’s Court (PDF, 12.1 KB)
  

Care & protection

• Practice Note No. 2 Initiating documents for care applications (PDF, 179.6 KB)​
• Practice Note No. 3 Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures in the Children's Court (PDF, 160.3 KB)
• Practice Note No. 5 Case Management in Care Proceedings (PDF, 238.4 KB)
• Practice Note No. 6 Children's Court Clinic Assessment Applications and Attendance of Authorised Clinicians at Hearings, Dispute Resolution Conferences and External Mediation Conferences (PDF, 43.4 KB)
• Practice Note No. 9 Joint Conference of Expert Witnesses in Care Proceedings (PDF, 98.3 KB)     
• Practice Note No. 10 Parent Capacity Orders (PDF, 15.0 KB)
  
• Practice Note No. 13 Section 38 Care Plans (PDF, n/a)
• Practice Note No. 14 Standardised care orders (PDF, 119.0 KB) 
• Practice Note No. 15 Requests for the provision of services to facilitate restoration in care proceedings (PDF, 137.0 KB)
• Practice Note No. 17 Designated Agencies in Children's Court care proceedings (PDF, 153.7 KB)
• Practice Note No. 18 Winha-nga-nha List (PDF, 129.2 KB)
• Practice Note No. 19 Support Plan Conference Pilot (PDF, 147.1 KB) 
• Annex to Practice Note No. 19 - Support Plan (PDF, 443.7 KB)
  

Compulsory Schooling Orders

• Practice Note No. 7 Legal Representation for Children and Young Persons in Proceedings for Compulsory Schooling Orders (PDF, 6.2 KB)
  

Criminal

• Practice Note No. 11 Youth Koori Court (PDF, 162.8 KB)
  
• Practice Note No. 12 Criminal Proceedings in the Children's Court (PDF, 29.5 KB)
  

General

• Practice Note No. 16 Mandatory Disease Testing (PDF, 155.8 KB)

Archived

• Practice Note No. 4 Short Term Care Orders Pilot Project (PDF, n/a)