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1. Guidelines: Family Court counsellors [pdf, 302 KB]

   ...Ceasing to be a Family Court Counsellor 2.2. This Guideline will take effect from 1 March 2016. 2 3. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS 3.1. In this Guideline, the term “counsellor” refers to the definition provided under section 46K of the Care of Children Act. 3.2. “Counselling Organisations” are those organisations approved under section 46H (1) of the Care of Children Act 2004 (CoCA). 3.3. Court-directed counselling (i.e. under 46G of the Care of Children Act 2004)...

2. PPPR7 Application for appointment of welfare guardian for the applicant [pdf, 32 KB]

   Form PPPR 7 r 406 Application for appointment of welfare guardian for applicant Section 12, Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 In the Family Court PPPR no: ............ at .................................................... [place] Applicant ……………………………………………………………………………………….. [full name] ……………………………………………………………………�€...

3. [2023] NZIACDT 2 - DD v Pabellon (5 January 2023) [pdf, 204 KB]

   ...Immigration Advisers Authority (the Authority) was referred by the Registrar of Immigration Advisers (the Registrar) to the Tribunal. It was upheld in a decision issued on 15 November 2022 in DD v Pabellon.1 Ms Pabellon was found to have lacked due care and diligence in advising the complainant to go ahead with the application. She breached the Licensed Immigration Advisers Code of Conduct 2014 (the Code). [3] It is now for the Tribunal to determine the appropriate sanctions....

4. Regulatory Impact Statement Family Court Review [pdf, 174 KB]

   ...Statement  The Ministry of Justice prepared this Regulatory Impact Statement. It analyses policy options that aim to create a modern, accessible family justice system that is responsive to children and vulnerable people. The focus is on cases under the Care of Children Act 2004 as that is where there is greatest potential to improve responsiveness to children while also addressing cost pressures. The key gaps, assumptions, dependencies and significant constraints, caveats or uncertai...

5. Proactive release - Strengthening the Family Court [pdf, 1.9 MB]

   Hon Andrew Little Minister of Justice Proactive release - Strengthening the Family Court: Enhancing child and whanau wellbeing in care of children matters Date of issue: 21 July 2020 The following documents have been proactively released in accordance with Cabinet Office Circular CO (18) 4. Some information has been withheld on the basis that it would not, if requested under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA), be released. Where that is the case, the relevant section of th...

6. SH v DM [2024] NZDT 211 (18 March 2024) [pdf, 104 KB]

   ...work on the roof area of the house and that he should not have carried out the work at a time when a storm was imminent. 2. The issues are: a. Did DM have authority to work on the roof? b. Did DM fail to carry out the work with reasonable care and skill? Did DM have authority to work on the roof? 3. In the hearing SH stated that DM had no authority to carry out roof work at her tenanted property. She said that she did not know why he was even on the roof. However hav...

7. WQ v Emberson [2019] NZIACDT 39 Sanctions (14 June 2019) [pdf, 102 KB]

   ...The Tribunal upheld this complaint against Ms Emberson, the adviser, in a decision issued on 8 May 2019 in WQ v Emberson [2019] NZIACDT 28. It found that Ms Emberson had not been professional and diligent, nor had she conducted herself with due care and in a timely manner. This was due to delays in filing an application with Immigration New Zealand and replying to her client’s questions. She was found to be in breach of cl 1 of the Licensed Immigration Advisers Code of Conduct 20...

8. Application for appointment as representative [pdf, 238 KB]

   ...Family Court. Ministry of Justice website: http://www.justice.govt.nz Ministry of Justice call centre: 0800 268 787 Applicant Full name This is the name of the person who is asking to be the representative and not the person who is applying for a protection order and/or a property order. Home Address Occupation Respondent Full name Home Address Occupation Associated Respondent (if applicable) (Leave this section blank if it does not apply.) Full name Home Address...

9. [2021] NZEmpC 217 Humphreys v Humphreys and Chief Executive of the Ministry of Health [pdf, 368 KB]

   ...needs mean that she cannot be left unsupervised. She lives with her parents. Her adult siblings, who I infer do not have disability needs, do not live with their parents. Sian’s father is the plaintiff, Mr Humphreys. He is Sian’s primary carer. Her mother, Ms Jimenez, works full-time out of the house in paid employment but otherwise provides care for Sian. [3] From August 2014 Sian was in receipt of funding under what is known as the Funded Family Care Model. The Funded Fa...

10. Family Court Rewrite Submission - FDR Centre [pdf, 371 KB]

    ...correspondence before the end of this week. A couple of matters were raised/discussed and on reflection I would like to offer some further comment/suggestions for consideration. Rebuttable presumption in favour of FDR as the preferred approach to resolving care and contact disputes We were delighted to see that the panel is considering our submission that there be a ‘rebuttable presumption’ that all disputes relating to care and contact arrangements for children be referred to...