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Your child's lawyer (easy read)
Use this webpage if you live in NSW. This webpage explains your child’s lawyer in court.
It tells you that your child has their own lawyer who speaks for them. For children under 12, the lawyer says what is best for the child. For children over 12, the lawyer helps the child share what they want.
The page also links to other easy read fact sheets, including You worry about your child and Your child is in foster care.
- Organisation:
- The Bumpy Road
- Target audience:
- Parents or carers
- Service area:
- NSW
- Published:
- March 2020
- Last reviewed:
- March 2026
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