Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

49.   Contact order

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    (1)   If a child is the subject of proceedings before a Court, the Court may, on an application made by a party to the proceedings, make a contact order in respect of the following —

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      (a)     stipulating minimum requirements concerning the frequency and duration of contact between the child and his or her parent, a relative or another person of significance to the child;

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      (b)     that contact with a specified person be supervised;

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      (c)     denying contact with a specified person if contact with that person is not in the best interest of the child; or

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      (d)     that contact with the child be supervised by the Director.

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    (2)   A contact order under —

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      (a)     subsection (1)(a) does not prevent more frequent contact with a child with the consent of a person having parental responsibility for the child;

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      (b)     subsection (1)(b) may be made only with the consent of the person specified in the order and the person who is required to supervise the contact.

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