Get your children back
Is child protection talking to you? Please contact us
We have Lawyers and Field Officers who can help you.
Meet the team
Hello. My name is Dot Whyman.
I'm a Care and Protection Field Officer.
I can help if there is something worrying you.
I can give you information.
I can help with information about your legal rights.
I can help you understand what you need to do.
Do you need help help looking after your children? I can help you phone or visit places close to where you live who can help you.
All of us here at the Care and Protection Law Practice are working very hard.
We want to:
- keep families together
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help parents get their lives together and their children back
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keep children safe
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ensure the Children's Court sticks to the Aboriginal Child Placement Principle
- prevent another Stolen Generation
Questions
Help, they want to remove my children.
We can help. Contact us. We will give you information and advice about your rights and responsibilities and information about what DoCS can and can't do.
I want to appeal a decision...
You must talk to us within 28 days of a decision being made. If orders were made a long time ago, we can make an Application to have your matter re-opened and re-examined. You must demonstrate to the Court you have made big changes in your life.
I need help looking after my children...
We can help you get in contact with services close to where you live to help you look after your children. Contact us.
We can give you information. We can talk to you about the complaints process if you are not happy with your treatment by Family and Community Services (FaCS). We can also help you write letters of complaint to the Ombudsman, if appropriate.
Final orders on my children have been made in court. What can I do?
You may be able to take the matter back to Court. We can help you talk to DoCS or talk to them if you don't like the kind of contact DoCS is providing. We can help you work out your long term goals.
