Prepare an international-relocation issues pack
Key facts
- Human involvement
- RedLawyer-led
- How AI is used
- Organise the proposed move, the existing parenting orders and the documents on the file into a table of the best-interests considerations, quoting beside each consideration the source fact and its file reference, and covering every consideration the current best-interests provision of the Family Law Act sets out rather than a selection of them. For the destination, list whether the 1980 Abduction Convention is in force as between Australia and the destination country, and whether the destination is a 1996 Child Protection Convention state. List the statutory tests the move engages — the threshold for reopening final parenting orders, and the provisions making it an offence to take a child out of Australia while parenting orders are in force or proceedings are pending — against the current legislation, flagging each for the lawyer to confirm. Extract the travel, passport and watchlist restraints already in force, and list every consideration with no evidence yet on the file. The table records facts against considerations and states no contentions. The lawyer writes the minute of proposed orders, the case outline and any travel, passport or watchlist restraint.
- What the lawyer must review
- Relocation is high-stakes. Verify the Convention answers yourself — accession by the destination is not enough; the 1980 Abduction Convention must be in force as between Australia and that country, and whether the destination is a 1996 Child Protection Convention state is a different question again — and consider whether mirror orders are needed before the child leaves. Confirm the statutory tests and the best-interests considerations against the legislation as it now stands, and check every fact in the table against the source document and file reference given beside it. Write the minute of proposed orders, the case outline and any travel, passport or watchlist restraint yourself.
- Written for / version
- Written for AustraliaUS
Open a jurisdiction version of this task to see which instruments apply: US
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Supporting preparation only. Potential support includes organising research leads and extracting and organising information. Confirm the tool’s capability and permitted scope. 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
- Verify the applicable jurisdiction and the version of each relevant law, rule or instrument in force at the material time.
- Confirm the output against the client’s instructions and the complete relevant source material, including omissions or contradictions.
- Resolve exceptions and record the responsible lawyer’s approval of the exact output and intended use.