Children's Act, 2005 (Act No. 38 of 2005)Chapter 4 : Children’s CourtsPart 3 : Pre-hearing conferences, family group conferences, other lay-forums and settling matters out of court70. Family group conferences |
| (1) | The children's court may cause a family group conference to be set up with the parties involved in a matter brought to or referred to a children’s court, including any other family members of the child, in order to find solutions for any problem involving the child. |
| (2) | The children’s court must— |
| (a) | appoint a suitably qualified person or organisation to facilitate at the family group conference; |
| (b) | prescribe the manner in which a record is kept of any agreement or settlement reached between the parties and any fact emerging from such conference which ought to be brought to the notice of the court; and |
| (c) | consider the report on the conference when the matter is heard. |