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1. National Standards Committee 1 v Young [2020] NZLCDT 20 (10 July 2020) [pdf, 289 KB]

   ...had sufficient command of English, he would not have needed that service. Mr Young charged five hours at $250 per hour, his usual lawyer charge-out rate, for that court attendance.4 That was a defended hearing where Mr Z unsuccessfully sought dissolution of marriage. Mr Young was at pains before the Tribunal to establish that he had merely attended as translator, and that only when Judge Fleming raised the issue did he go to the Court office and sign a document to establish his s...

2. LCRO 57/2021 FC v HS, FM and QP (8 September 2023) [pdf, 224 KB]

   ...her with various resulting legal processes. [4] Ms HS was a director of [Law firm A]. Ms FM and Mr QP were employed solicitors at the firm. 2 [5] There were three legal work streams undertaken by [Law firm A] for Ms FC. They were: (a) dissolution of marriage proceedings, which were apparently defended; (b) domestic violence proceedings, involving initially Ms FC’s defence of an application brough by Mr OL and then a counter-application brought or intended to be brought b...

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

   ...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 violence (13%; 8,044 applications) and mental health (12%; 7,132 applications). Number of applications Percentage of total Case type 2009/2010 2010/201...

4. OIA-106275.pdf [pdf, 362 KB]

   ...this information as you see fit, however this is conditional that you do not change or alter the source data. Adoption, Alcohol & Drugs, Substance Addiction, Child Support, Oranga Tamariki Act (Children Young Persons and their Families - CYPF), Dissolution/Marriage, Domestic Violence, Family Violence, Estates, Family Proceedings, Care of Children Act (CoCA) - Guardianship, Hague Convention, Mental Health, Protection of Personal and Property Rights (PPPR), Relationship Property and Miscel...

5. Justice Statistics data tables - notes and trends December 2020 [pdf, 249 KB]

   ...people with stage-2 offences were male. Family Court applications In 2020, there were 59,653 substantive applications filed in the Family Court. This decreased 4% from 2019, mostly due to reductions in Oranga Tamariki Act, guardianship and dissolution cases. The largest number of applications filed were for guardianship cases (29%). These applications relate to the Care of Children Act 2004 (excluding Hague) and are mostly 8 applications for parenting orders. The ne...

6. LCRO 86/2022 PR v KG and VW (12 November 2024) [pdf, 499 KB]

   ...KG (LC1) to work for the company on a contract basis. [10] Mrs PR was aware that Mr KG was a practising lawyer and at that time asked if he could help her with her relationship property issues. She also wanted to oppose an application for dissolution of the marriage by her former husband. She wanted to have the date of separation being claimed by Mr LF in the application changed as there were financial implications flowing if the incorrect date was as recorded. [11] Mr KG pr...

7. Hawkes Bay Standards Committee v Hancock [2011] NZLCDT 39 [pdf, 221 KB]

   ...unbearable burden of the mismanagement of his firm’s trust funds. [9] Mr Hancock has been a sole practitioner for a number of years. Sadly, for Mr Hancock, his entry into sole practice was not a happy or easy one. He had some difficulties with the dissolution of his previous partnership including taking over a number of dormant balances and difficult files from a practitioner who had begun to succumb to dementia. Around the same time Mr Hancock’s own marriage broke up and t...

8. Characteristics associated with the early identification of complex Family Court custody cases [pdf, 89 KB]

   ...Canada and discusses the early identification of high conflict Family Court cases. It refers to both degree of conflict and the duration of cases. Its author notes that there is no generally accepted definition of what exactly constitutes a high conflict dissolution, or why certain families become engaged in lengthy disputes. He believes that the lack of any baseline measures of the ‘normal’ level of conflict 11 that one would expect in most separating families makes it impossible to ac...

9. OIA-Adoption Law Reform [pdf, 1019 KB]

   ...surrogacy policy, as parentage for surrogacies are currently recognised through the Adoption Act. 7. Adoption policy is part of the broader Family Justice system which includes the Family Court, and the legislation which governs the formation and dissolution of families and the care of children. The Family Justice system has increasingly focused on ensuring the best interests of children and improving accessibility for a wider range of families and whānau. There is also significant...

10. Karetai v Sollart - Estate of George Grey Huriwai te Ruatukihiki Karetai [2018] Chief Judge's MB 219 (2018 CJ 219) [pdf, 566 KB]

    ...research shows the following from the lower court application: a. The South Australian Death Certificate for George Percy Te Ruahikihiki Karetai records David George Tunuku Karetai (Male 26/05/1952) as a child of the deceased; b. A Decree Nisi of Dissolution of Marriage between Te Ruahikihiki Karetai and Valerie Mae Karetai dated 11 July 1983; and c. A Statutory Declaration made in Australia dated 2 February 2006, by Janine Mawera Karetai (daughter to the deceased) which states...