Section 65G — Family Law Act 1975: Special conditions for making parenting order about whom a child lives with or the allocation of parental responsibility by consent in favour of non-parent

(1) This section applies if: (a) a court proposes to make a parenting order that deals with whom a child is to live with; and (b) under the order, the child would not live with a parent, grandparent or other relative of the child; and (c) the court proposes to make that order with the consent of all the parties to the proceedings. (1A) This section also applies if: (a) a court proposes to make a parenting order that deals with the allocation of parental responsibility for a child; and (b) under the order, no parent, grandparent or other relative of the child would be allocated parental responsibility for the child; and (c) the court proposes to make that order with the consent of all the parties to the proceedings. (2) The court must not make the proposed order unless: (a) the parties to the proceedings have attended a conference with a family consultant to discuss the matter to be determined by the proposed order; or (b) the court is satisfied that there are circumstances that make it appropriate to make the proposed order even though the conditions in paragraph (a) are not satisfied.