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A Study of the use of Section 106a of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 in the New South\Wales Children's Court

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2017

Frank Ainsworth  and
Patricia Hansen
Frank Ainsworth*
Affiliation:
School of Social Work and Human Services, James Cook University, Townsville campus, Townsville, Queensland, 4811, Australia
Patricia Hansen
Affiliation:
Hansen Legal, Parramatta, NSW, 2150, Australia Australian Catholic University, Sydney, NSW, 2135, Australia
*
Addresses for correspondence: Dr Frank Ainsworth, Senior Principal Research Fellow (Adjunct), School of Social Work and Community Welfare, James Cook University, Townsville campus, Queensland 4811. E-mail: frankainsworth@hotmail.com.
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Abstract

This study examines the use of section 106A of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 in the New South Wales in Children's Court. Section 106A was inserted into the Act by way of an amendment in November 2006. This amendment establishes that if a child has previously been removed from parental care and not restored to the parents, then that is prima facie evidence that any subsequent child born to these parents is in need of care and protection and can be subject to removal. The parents must then rebut this evidence if they are to recover or retain custody of the new born child. To date, no data exists about the use of this section of the Act, hence this study. The only significant finding was that if section 106A was cited in Court documents, then restoration of a child to family is less likely. The analysis did not show any significant relationship between Aboriginality and any of the other variables in the study.

Keywords

motivationresearch designdata collectiondata analysis
Type
PART B: Issue 3 papers: Articles
Information
Children Australia , Volume 42 , Issue 3 , September 2017 , pp. 198 - 204
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 2017 

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