What does Children’s Legal Assistance Cover

It allows you to get advice from a lawyer before and after the hearing and in some cases it allows a lawyer to attend the hearing or court to represent you. A lawyer will be able to tell you the sorts of things that might happen as a result of the hearing.

For example, the panel members might decide that no action is required or they might decide that some supervision orders are needed and in some cases they might decide that the child needs to be kept in a safe place. A supervision order can contain conditions saying where the child is to live and other conditions which they must follow.

A lawyer will be able to tell you what the panel’s decision means for you and might be able to ask for the decision to be changed – called an appeal.