Test the care plan or case plan against the statutory requirements
Key facts
- Human involvement
- GreenLawyer review
- How AI is used
- Line the filed care plan or case plan up against the statutory requirements the lawyer has set out and against the chronology and service records, and assemble a table showing, requirement by requirement, what the plan asserts, where it appears and what the record supports.
- What the lawyer must review
- The lawyer forms the view on restoration, on the adequacy of what was offered and on the placement, and checks each asserted service against the record before any objection is put.
- 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 | Line the filed care plan or case plan up against the statutory requirements the lawyer has set out and against the chronology and service records, and assemble a table showing, requirement by requirement, what the plan asserts, where it appears and what the record supports. |
| Lawyer | The lawyer forms the view on restoration, on the adequacy of what was offered and on the placement, and checks each asserted service against the record before any objection is put. |
Checklist
- Confirm the plan in the table is the current filed version, and identify every earlier version and what changed between them.
- Check each service the plan says was offered against the service record: whether it was offered, when, whether it was actually available and whether the parent could reach it.
- Test the restoration assessment against its own stated reasons and against the record, and identify the parts of the record the assessment does not address.
- Check the plan's contact schedule, placement and cultural support provisions against what is actually happening, not against what the plan proposes.
- Confirm which requirements the court must be positively satisfied about in this jurisdiction, and record the objection for each one that is not met.
Forms and precedents for this task
| Form or precedent | Kind | AI use | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dispute resolution conference preparation checklist for a parent’s or child’s lawyer (NSW Children’s Court) | Checklist | AI use Yellow | Checklist to prepare for a Children’s Registrar dispute resolution conference under s 65: instructions and authority to settle, filed and subpoenaed material, attendees and notice, the issues, proposed orders, confidentiality and the post-conference steps. |
| 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. |
Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one. All precedents.
Sources
- Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 (NSW) s 83 — Preparation of permanency plan · 2026-09-27
- Child Protection Act 1999 (Qld) · 2026-09-27
- Child Protection Manual (Vic): family reunification advice · 2026-09-27
- Judicial Commission of NSW: Care and Protection Bench Book — overview · 2026-09-27
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.