Fact Sheets and Resources

Legal Matters – Permanent Care

The information contained in these legal fact sheets are designed and intended to provide general information about the current law in Victoria and were considered to be true and correct at the date of publication. Since publication the law has been amended, with changes implemented in 2016.  Read the amended legislation here.

To the best of PCA Families knowledge the information contained in these Fact Sheets continues to be true and accurate. 

If you require information about passports, change of name, parental leave, child support, wills, contracts, rights and other information please see below.

• Now that I have a Permanent Care Order, what do I need to know?
• Passports
• Rights of the child in permanent Care
• Contact arrangements
• Now that a Permanent Care Order is in place, do I need to go back to court?
• Will and succession rights of carers and Children in Permanent Care
• Other Legal Issues 
• Am I eligible to claim Paid Parental Leave as a permanent care parent?
• Am I eligible to see Child Support payments for my child under a Permanent Care Order
• Applying for a passport when your child is on a Permanent Care Order (or adopted or aboriginal)
• Application for 'Change of Name' for children on Permanent Care Orders
• Other resources in our peer support presentation on court orders (November 2021)