URGENT RECOVERY & LOCATION OF CHILDREN
We focus our expertise in Family Law and by focusing on this area of specialisation, we have proven successful outcomes for our clients.
A recovery order is defined in section 67Q of the Family Law Act 1975. It is an order of the Court that can require a child be returned to a:
- parent of the child
- person who has a parenting order that states the child lives with, spends time with or communicates with that person, or
- person who has parental responsibility for the child
A recovery order can authorise or direct a person or persons, such as police officers, to take appropriate action to find, recover and deliver a child to one of the people listed above. As well, a recovery order can provide directions about the day-to-day care of a child until the child is returned or delivered.
- A recovery order can also prohibit the person from again removing or taking possession of the child. In these cases, a recovery order can authorise the arrest (without warrant) of the person who again removes or takes possession of the child.
You can apply for a recovery order if you are:
- a person who the child lives with, spends time with or communicates with as stated in a parenting order
- a person who has parental responsibility for the child in a parenting order
- grandparent of the child, or
- a person concerned with the care, welfare and development of the child. For example, you may be the person who the child lives or spends time with but there is no parenting order that states this.
If you need an urgent recovery order, please contact us and we can assist you. In urgent cases such as this, we are able to act very quickly to make an application for a recovery order – often on the same day.