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Clause type: Refusal
Legal aid is not usually available to apply for or respond to an application to discharge or vary parenting arrangements within two years of a final court order being made unless there has been a significant change in circumstances since the order was made. Section 65DAAA of the Family Law Act sets out when a final parenting order can be considered by the court and codifies the common law rule in Rice and Asplund (1978) 6 Fam LR 570. Based on the information you provided, we are not satisfied that there has been a significant change in circumstances.
Legal aid is not usually available to apply for or respond to an application to discharge or vary parenting arrangements within two years of a final court order being made unless there has been a significant change in circumstances since the order was made. Based on the information you provided, we are not satisfied that there has been a significant change in circumstances.