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New Zealand Police v DW, 13 February 2007, Youth Court, Wellington, Judge Becroft

Name: New Zealand Police v DW
Unreported:
File number:
Court: Youth Court
Location: Wellington
Date: 13 February 2007
Judge: Becroft, DCJ
Charge:
CYPFA: s19(4)
CYPFA: s280 (1), s333 (3)
Key title: Care and Protection, Reports
Case Summary:
Memorandum regarding the inadequacy of the CYFS response for the defendant in respect of a care and protection referral made in respect of his case on 20 December 2006. Section 19(04) of the Children Young Persons and Their Families Act 1989, CYPFA requires that a care and protection co-ordinator, shall within 28 days furnish a written report to the Court. The report dated 31 January 2006 was an inadequate response, and was provided to the Court six weeks since the direction was given. The report provided no information as to what further action other than a care and protection conference, would be held. The report should have provided a statement as to when any proposed action was to be completed. The care and protection Co-ordinator was not in Court to respond. Judge Becroft commented that this sort of action was ‘absolutely typical nationally of what happens when a s 280 of the CYPFA referral is made’. If the hold up in the Care and Protection conference was due to the unavailability of a s 333 of the CYPFA psychological report, this should have been explained to the Court.

Decision: Directions that a copy of this memorandum be sent to the Care and Protection Co-ordinator, to the site manager of the Wellington region and to the Chief Executive of Child, Youth and Family Service.