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1. Domestic Violence 1995 Act 42-day rule & Children, Young Persons and their Families Act 1989 60-day rule [pdf, 81 KB]

   ...applications under the Domestic Violence Act 1995 is not always met, and • the 60 day time period for commencement of a hearing under the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1989 of an application that a child or young person is in need of care and protection is not always met. 4 2.0 Methodology The study was qualitative in design, with data gathered through interviews and group discussions with individuals in selected areas serviced by the Department for Courts. 2.1 Research...

2. Adoption in Aotearoa NZ - Discussion document [pdf, 696 KB]

   ...............................................................................................................45 Legal effect of adoption .................................................................................................47 Alternative care arrangements and orders .....................................................................49 Discharging an adoption order.......................................................................................51 Impacts of adoption ......

3. BORA Family Court Proceedings Reform Bill [pdf, 326 KB]

   ...and to information and services for parties to prepare for and respond adequately to proceedings in the Family Court. Legal representation for parties 5. Clause 5 restricts the ability for a lawyer to act for a party to a proceeding under the Care of Children Act 2004 (COCA) in the Family Court to the following situations: 5.1 The proceeding is commenced without notice; 5.2 The proceeding is under subpart 4 of Part 2 of COCA (international child abduction); 5.3 Whe...

4. Youth Court - history of the Youth Court [pdf, 217 KB]

   ...p. i 3 The Welfare Model The welfare model is based on the tenet that criminal behaviour in young people results from undesirable upbringing and environment. The focus of court intervention at the beginning of the 20th century thus shifted to the care and protection of young people rather than the emphasis placed in adult courts on accountability and punishment. Young offenders were handled in the same manner of reform as neglected youths, and courts focused on their ‘needs’, not their...

5. Protection order applications December 2020 [xlsx, 91 KB]

   Contents Protection Order applications Protection Order application data is extracted from a live dataset that is used for operational purposes, meaning the data will be updated with late data entry and active applications progressing through the court process. Therefore, this data may differ to data reported elsewhere with a different extraction date. These tables were extracted on 1 March 2021. Contents: Table 1: Total number of Protection Order applications filed, 2011 - 2020 T...

6. Protection order applications June 2021 [xlsx, 90 KB]

   Contents Protection Order applications Protection Order application data is extracted from a live dataset that is used for operational purposes, meaning the data will be updated with late data entry and active applications progressing through the court process. Therefore, this data may differ to data reported elsewhere with a different extraction date. These tables were extracted on 7 September 2021. Contents: Table 1: Total number of Protection Order applications filed, 2011/2012 -...

7. Protection order applications December 2021 [xlsx, 93 KB]

   Contents Protection Order applications Protection Order application data is extracted from a live dataset that is used for operational purposes, meaning the data will be updated with late data entry and active applications progressing through the court process. Therefore, this data may differ to data reported elsewhere with a different extraction date. These tables were extracted on 28 February 2022. Contents: Table 1: Total number of Protection Order applications filed, 2012 - 2021...

8. Safer Sooner: Strengthening New Zealand’s Family Violence Laws [pdf, 7.9 MB]

   ...violence is an ongoing pattern of harm and by providing access to services aimed at stopping perpetrators’ violence and at helping victims stay safe. New principles will guide decisions made under the Act, for example: • victims must be protected from all forms of violence • disruption to victims’ (including children’s) day to day lives should be minimised • responses should be culturally appropriate and responses to Māori must reflect tikanga • practitioners m...

9. Practice Note applications under the protection of Personal and Property Rights Act [pdf, 109 KB]

   PRACTICE NOTE: APPLICATIONS UNDER THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL AND PROPERTY RIGHTS ACT 1988 1 APPLICATIONS 1.1 This Practice Note relates to the following applications under the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 (PPPR Act). (a) Application for personal order. (b) Application for order to administer property. (c) Application for appointment of welfare guardian. (d) Application for property order. 2 PURPOSE OF PRACTICE NOTE 2.1 The purpose of this Practice N...

10. Interim Regulatory Impact Statement: Consultation options for adoption law reform [pdf, 857 KB]

    ...(Intercountry) Act 1997. The following aspects of adoption-related discussions are out of scope of the reform: o Past adoption practice, as past adoption placements are being considered as part of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions (‘the Royal Commission’) o Whether adoption should continue to be the legal mechanism to transfer legal parentage where a child is born by surrogacy, which is being considered as part o...