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1. FV Reform Paper 2 Civil Law [pdf, 558 KB]

   ...intervention points. 4. The changes proposed in this paper represent a significant shift in the civil response to family violence. They will drive improvements to the sector, build confidence in the responses to family violence and support behaviour change throughout the justice system. 2 5. In addition to these proposed legislative changes, I have secured funding from the Justice Sector Fund to test two new operational initiatives with a view to determining their efficacy...

2. BORA Wills Bill [pdf, 381 KB]

   ...Court. 3. This clause would distinguish between persons who are 18 or over (or who are under 18 but married, in a civil union or a de facto relationship), and persons who are under 18 and are not in such a relationship. The latter group have to go through the additional procedural hurdle of obtaining Family Court approval in order to do a testamentary action. 4. These distinctions are prima facie inconsistent with the freedom from discrimination on the grounds of age affirmed by section...

3. Family Court applications June 2019 [xlsx, 225 KB]

   ...(60,552 applications). In 2018/2019, the 'guardianship' case type had the largest number of applications (30%; 17,953 applications); these applications relate to the Care of Children Act 2004 (excluding Hague) and are mostly applications for parenting orders. The next most frequent case types in 2018/2019 were related to care or protection under the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 (18%; 10,775 applications), dissolutions/divorce of marriage or civil unions (14%; 8,440 applications), family v...

4. Director of Proceedings v Bay of Plenty District Health Board [2022] NZHRRT 5 [pdf, 326 KB]

   ...C. 6 19. Mr A’s Discharge Summary recorded the MDT’s plan for Mr A following discharge, which included a review in outpatient clinic by Dr D on 22 September 2016, psychiatric nursing follow-up in one week, referral to counselling through the CMHS team, and discharge to his parents’ home and GP care. 20. Mr A’s family told the HDC that they were not told about the MDT’s plan for Mr A to see Dr D on 22 September 2016 following Mr A’s discharge. BOPDHB CMHS...

5. Family-Court-applications-jun2022-v1.0.xlsx [xlsx, 187 KB]

   ...when there were 61,187 applications. In 2021/2022, the guardianship case type had the largest number of applications (27%; 14,981 applications); these applications relate to the Care of Children Act 2004 (excluding Hague) and are mostly applications for parenting orders. The next most frequent case types in 2021/2022 were related to care or protection under the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 (15%; 8,420 applications), mental health (14%; 7,827 applications), family violence (14%; 7,512 applications),...

6. Family Court applications December 2023 [xlsx, 186 KB]

   Contents Family Court applications Family Court 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 2024. Contents: Table 1a: Number and percentage of substantive Family Court applications filed, b...

7. Family Court applications June 2023 [xlsx, 186 KB]

   Contents Family Court applications Family Court 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 25 August 2023. Contents: Table 1a: Number and percentage of substantive Family Court applications filed, by...

8. LCRO 236-2015 DZ v EY [pdf, 176 KB]

   ...parte. Contact between Mr DZ and J was regulated. Parenting and the allegations of domestic violence would eventually become the subject of a vehemently contested hearing before the Family Court. In the meantime, communications between J’s parents continued to deteriorate. [6] On Ms FX’s instructions, in November 2012, Ms EY applied for a protection order to prevent Mr DZ having contact with her, J and her daughter. Ms FX’s affidavit expresses her concern that she would be...

9. MOJ0504-Making-parenting-arrangements-workbook-Tongan.pdf [pdf, 2.8 MB]

   ...‘o ho‘omou nofo fakafāmilí ‘oku ‘ikai ke fa‘a faingofua ia. ‘E lava ke ki‘i fuoloa pea toki felotoi ‘a e tokotaha kotoa pē. ‘E lava ke tokoni atu kiate koe ha‘o ‘alu atu ki ha ako Tauhi Fānau Makatu‘unga meí ha Māvae (Parenting Through Separation). Ko e ako ko ‘ení ‘oku tokoni ia ki he mātu‘á, kau tauhi fānaú mo e kāingá ke nau mahino‘i mo hanga taha ai ‘a ‘enau tokangá ki he ngaahi me‘a ‘oku kaunga lelei taha ki he‘enau tamá hil...

10. Practice note: Family Court caseflow management [pdf, 1.6 MB]

    ...taken place since that time. The Care of Children Act 2004 brought about some fundamental changes to the practice of family law, including a change in relation to many expressions. “Custody and access” disappeared and were replaced with “parenting orders” which in turn enabled the Family Court to make orders as to day-to-day care and contact. “Counsel for the child” became “lawyer for the child”. As a result, I have previously undertaken a revision of many of the ex...