Our Contact Centre will be closed from 5pm on 24 December 2024, reopening at 8am on 3 January 2025. National Office (Aitken Street, Wellington) reception will be closed from 5pm on Friday 20 December, reopening at 8am on Monday 6 January 2025. For more information, see Court and Tribunal hours
A separate set of Care of Children Act 2004 application forms are available for lawyers to use.
Application for an Order under the Care of Children Act 2004 [DOCX, 27 KB]
Lawyers certificate [DOCX, 21 KB]
Self-represented applicants must use the Care of Children Act online form generator to prepare their application.
Care of Children online application form generator(external link)
Please see the separate page for information about filing without notice applications: