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Adoption application — final adoption order — step-parent adoption — family unit — parenting order — additional guardianship order — Adoption Act 1955, s 11…
Download Judgment: 2023-NZFC-1665_Re-Hayward.pdf [PDF, 178 KB]
Reserved decision — interim spousal maintenance — reasonable needs — Family Proceedings Act 1980, ss 61, 62, 66 & 82(1) — Care of Children Act…
Download Judgment: 2022-NZFC-8276_Bate-v-Bate.pdf [PDF, 422 KB]
Declaration as to paternity — DNA evidence — Status of Children Act 1969, s 5. The applicant mother sought a declaration under the Status of Children…
Download Judgment: 2022-NZFC-1081_Athanasios-v-Athanasios.pdf [PDF, 178 KB]
Permanent placement — special guardianship — protection order — care and protection — reserved judgment — Oranga Tamariki Act 1989, ss 5, 13, 78, 87,…
Download Judgment: 2022-NZFC-4502_Chief-Executive-of-Oranga-Tamariki-v-Ngaire.pdf [PDF, 476 KB]
Reserved judgment — application for orders — relationship property — extraordinary circumstances — exception to equal sharing — occupation rent — Property (Relationships) Act 1976,…
Download Judgment: 2023-NZFC-2391_Gupta-v-Prakash.pdf [PDF, 423 KB]
Status of children — children of out wedlock — paternity declaration — Status of Children Act 1969, ss 2A, 3, 4, 6, 6C & 10…
Download Judgment: 2023-NZFC-8215_Tarr-v-Rogers.pdf [PDF, 317 KB]
Adoption application — surrogacy — egg donor — welfare and best interests of child — access to information — privacy — Adoption Act 1955, ss…
Download Judgment: 2024-NZFC-3670_Re-Thornton.pdf [PDF, 403 KB]
Parenting order — day-to-day care — alcoholism — psychological abuse — Care of Children Act 2004, ss 4, 5, 6, 46R &133 — Evidence Act…
Download Judgment: 2023-NZFC-10351_Evans-v-Evans.pdf [PDF, 399 KB]
Parenting order — care and contact arrangements — welfare and best interests of child — parental estrangement — alienation — safety — change of primary…
Download Judgment: 2020-NZFC-596_Scott-v-Carter.pdf [PDF, 385 KB]
Guardianship — application for parenting orders — admissibility of evidence — hearsay — opinion — secret recording of meeting — payment of bond — costs…
Download Judgment: 2022-NZFC-2819_Carter-v-Scott.pdf [PDF, 226 KB]
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