Care and Protection Legal Advice
Women’s Legal Service NSW gives free confidential legal advice to mothers and other female relatives who are dealing with the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ).
Contact us for support
Phone (02) 8745 6988
Phone 1800 810 784 if you live rurally
Email LegalHelp@wlsnsw.org.au
What can we do?
If you have been contacted by DCJ or you think DCJ might be concerned about your children, you should get legal advice and know your rights. You can get help to negotiate an arrangement with DCJ that is better for you and your children.
We can help you with:
- Parental Responsibility Contracts.
- Preliminary advice and negotiation about Parental Capacity Orders.
- Variations to contact orders.
- Post final order contact disputes.
- Any other questions about welfare, family, discrimination or domestic violence.
Appointments and Contacts
We can give you legal advice
- over the phone;
- in person at a women’s health centre in Blacktown, Liverpool or Penrith, or
- we can visit you in prison at Emu Plains or Silverwater.
Additional contacts for Indigenous women
Our Kids Our Rights
In addition to the locations above, Aboriginal women can also see a lawyer at our IWLP Outreach Advice Clinics in Blackett, Campbelltown, Emerton and Mt Druitt.
