Identify the restoration services to request and prepare the application
Key facts
- Human involvement
- RedLawyer-led
- How AI is used
- From the department’s record, clinic and assessment material and the parent’s own service history, build a table matching each identified need (drug and alcohol, mental health, parenting, housing, domestic violence support) to the service categories the court can request, the providers named in the record, and what each report says about engagement.
- What the lawyer must review
- The lawyer decides which services to seek, takes the parent’s instructions on what they will engage with, drafts the application and any evidence in support themselves, and checks that health and treatment details go only where they must. The parent’s privacy in health and treatment records is central.
- Written for / version
- US
Open a jurisdiction version of this task to see which instruments apply: US
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Supporting preparation only. From the department’s record, clinic and assessment material and the parent’s own service history, build a table matching each identified need (drug and alcohol, mental health, parenting, housing, domestic violence support) to the service categories the court can request, the providers named in the record, and what each report says about engagement. The tool writes nothing into the document. Substantive advice, judgement and any restricted content remain with the responsible human. |
| Lawyer | Perform the substantive analysis and decisions. Independently check any permitted supporting work and approve the exact output for its intended use. |
Checklist
- Before anything is relied on, confirm the material may lawfully go into the tool at all (approved tool, no retention or training), that no reporter identity or protected address has been exposed, and that the child cannot be identified from the output.
- Check each need in the table against the document that identifies it.
- Confirm the services sought are ones the parent has instructed they will engage with.
- Confirm no part of the table has been carried into the filed application or any affidavit.
Forms and precedents for this task
| Form or precedent | Kind | AI use | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Checklist: realistic possibility of restoration and the permanency plan (NSW s 83) | Checklist | AI use Yellow | Checklist for testing a permanency plan against section 83 of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 (NSW), including the 6-month and 12-month decision points and the 24-month limit. |
| Application to revoke a care by Secretary order (Children's Court of Victoria) | Form | AI use Yellow | Link to the Children's Court form used to apply for a care by Secretary order to be cancelled. |
Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one. All precedents.
Sources
- Children's Court of NSW Practice Note 15 Requests for the provision of services to facilitate restoration · 2026-10-18
- Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 (NSW), AustLII · 2026-10-18
These are suggested working checks. Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts; the checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.