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1. LCRO 197/2013 RN v WB (7 August 2017) [pdf, 134 KB]

   ...husband took the position that the trust had retained an interest in the family home, which would effectively reduce the share available to the two of them. [5] Negotiations did not result in settlement. Ms RN applied for orders dissolving the marriage, then commenced proceedings in the Family Court seeking orders pursuant to the Property (Relationships) Act 1976 (PRA). Ms RN alleged bad behaviour in the course of the relationship on her husband’s part. Her husband denied as...

2. KS v WF LCRO 202 / 2011 (21 May 2012) [pdf, 107 KB]

   ...believe it is prudent that original signatures are on both documents. Please arrange for your client to resign the Relationship Property Agreement when it is forwarded to you.” [7] He also proposed that the costs of unwinding the Trust and the dissolution of marriage be shared between their respective clients. [8] It took some time for agreement on this issue to be reached and following agreement, Mr WF made demand of Mr KS for his client’s share of the sale proceeds. It was...

3. Johnson v CAC 20003 & Harvey [2016] NZREADT 68 [pdf, 266 KB]

   ...[56] At the appeal hearing, Mr Harvey said that during the interview, the investigator was “relentless” in his questioning. He further said that he was “not in a good state” when he was interviewed, as a result of trauma following the dissolution of his marriage, and did not know what he was saying. [57] Dr Galvin; a senior clinical psychologist, gave evidence. Her opinion was that at the time he was interviewed, Mr Harvey was at the height of an illness which would have...

4. LCRO 43/2016 XZ v QW [pdf, 209 KB]

   ...committed to achieving a global settlement of all matters. Ms QW says that Ms XZ was not prepared to consider settling on that basis at that time. [72] On 31 May 2014, Mr XZ’s lawyers attempted to personally serve Ms XZ with an application for dissolution of marriage. [73] Ms QW says she then discussed with Ms XZ the possibility of both making a further settlement offer whilst at the same time filing an interim application for maintenance as a backup in the event that agreement coul...

5. LCRO 38-2015 PF v MF [pdf, 222 KB]

   ...reached on property issues. (b) She had specific instructions from Ms K to forward all correspondence to her. It was not unprofessional for Ms GG to have done so. (c) She arranged for a process server to serve her client’s application for a dissolution of marriage on Mr PF. (d) Her instructing solicitor, Ms M, is a partner in a law firm. Apart from that Ms GG was unclear how having her own contact details on documents breached professional standards. (e) She filed a Notice o...

6. Justice Statistics data tables - notes and trends June 2020 [pdf, 246 KB]

   ...Care of Children Act 2004 (excluding Hague) and are mostly applications for parenting orders. The next most frequent case types in 2019/2020 were related to care or protection under the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 (16%), family violence (15%), dissolutions/divorce of marriage or civil unions (13%) and mental health (12%) (Figure 6). In 2019/2020, half (49%) of the Care of Children Act 2004 (excluding Hague) applications were for parenting orders (8,764 applications); another 9%...

7. Justice Statistics data tables - notes and trends June 2021 [pdf, 250 KB]

   ...Children Act 2004 (excluding Hague) and are mostly applications for parenting orders. The next most frequent case types in 2020/2021 were related to care or protection under the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 (15%), family 8 violence (14%), dissolutions/divorce of marriage or civil unions (14%) and mental health (12%) (Figure 6). In 2020/2021, nearly half (8,513; 49%) of the Care of Children Act 2004 (excluding Hague) applications were for parenting orders; another 1,80...

8. LA-familyproceedings-steps.pdf [pdf, 513 KB]

   ...paternity orders) Granting Notes Types of Proceedings – Proceedings Step 1 (list not exhaustive) • Application by husband or wife for maintenance during marriage • Family Proceedings Act s67 • Application for maintenance of party after dissolution of marriage • Family Proceedings Act s70 • Application for maintenance order in respect of child • Family Proceedings Act s74 • Application for maintenance order under section 78 • Family Proceedings Act s78 �...

9. Justice Statistics data tables - notes and trends December 2021 [pdf, 271 KB]

   ...Act 2004 (excluding Hague) and are mostly applications for parenting orders. The next most frequent case types in 2021 were related to care or protection under the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 (15%), family violence (14%), mental health (13%) and dissolutions/divorce of marriage or civil unions (13%) (Figure 6). In 2021, nearly half (7,546; 48%) of the Care of Children Act 2004 (excluding Hague) applications were for parenting orders; another 1,755 applications (11%) were for pa...

10. Justice Statistics data tables - notes and trends June 2019 [pdf, 158 KB]

    ...family violence. The Ministry uses six specific offence types to produce consistent statistics: ‘breach of protection order’, ‘common assault (domestic)’, ‘male assaults female’, ‘assault on a family member', 'coercion into marriage/civil union', and 'strangulation/suffocation'. These represent around 50% of family violence related offences in court each year. In 2018/2019, the total number of charges for these family violence offences decreased...