Western Australian Consolidated Acts

FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 89

89 .         Court’s power to make parenting order — FLA s. 65D

        (1)         In proceedings for a parenting order, a court may, subject to sections 70A and 89AB and this Division, make such parenting order as it thinks proper.

        (2)         Without limiting the generality of subsection (1) and subject to section 70A and section 89AB and this Division, a court may make a parenting order that discharges, varies, suspends or revives some or all of an earlier parenting order.

        (3)         If the application for the parenting order was made as a result of the adjournment under section 205O of proceedings under Division 13 Subdivision 5 —

            (a)         the court must hear and determine the application as soon as practicable; and

            (b)         if the court makes a parenting order on the application, the court may, if it thinks it is appropriate to do so, dismiss the proceedings under that Subdivision.

        [Section 89 amended by No. 25 of 2002 s. 7; No. 35 of 2006 s. 94 and 100.]