F I N - N S W

Advice Leaflets

Please click on the links underlined below to view the following advice leaflets:

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Prevention

1. What parents need to know about the Family and Community Services "Helpline"

2. Restrictions on who may provide or arrange voluntary or temporary out-of-home care for children

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Process

3. How to deal with Family and Community Services, Community Services division (formerly DoCS now FaCS): Twelve suggestions

4. What parents need to know if the FaCS agency has previously removed a child from their care

5. Changes to Legal Aid

6. Developments in adoption legislation and changes in the Family and Community Services, Community Services division practice

7. Tips for completing application forms

8. A guide to the Court System and Children's Law

9. A guide for parents: Understanding the Children's Court process

10. Finding a lawyer

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