Care and Protection Orders

1018 Ms STINSON (Badcoe) (3 July 2019). How many applications for a care and protection order sought by the Department for Child Protection were rejected in 2018-19?

The Hon. R. SANDERSON (Adelaide—Minister for Child Protection): I have been advised:

During the 2018-19 financial year, there were no applications for care and protection orders sought by the Department for Child Protection, which were dismissed. An application submitted to the courts can contain multiple care and protection orders, which the department may be seeking. Whilst one or more of the care and protection orders within an application may be dismissed, the application itself progresses to finalisation.

Of the applications sought by the Department for Child Protection within the 2018-19 financial year, 47 applications had one or more of its care and protection orders dismissed. The majority of the dismissed orders were for parental or child assessments, written undertakings or ancillary orders.