Section 69 — Care of Children Act 2004: Court may require parties to attend for counselling or for hearing of application under section 68

69 Court may require parties to attend for counselling or for hearing of application under section 68 (1) On an application for the purpose or on its own initiative, the Court may issue a summons requiring a person to attend at a time and place to be specified in the summons if the person fails to comply with— (a) a request under section 11(1)(b) of the Family Proceedings Act 1980 (as modified and applied by section 66(b) of this Act) that the person attend before a counsellor; or (b) a request under section 68(4)(b) to attend the hearing of an application under section 68 . (2) Section 20(1) to (3) and (5) of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 applies to a summons under this section as if it were a witness summons issued under that section. Compare: 1980 No 94 s 17