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  1. Re Hayward [2023] NZFC 1665

    Adoption application — final adoption order — step-parent adoption — family unit — parenting order — additional guardianship order — Adoption Act 1955, s 11…

  2. Bate v Bate [2022] NZFC 8276

    Reserved decision — interim spousal maintenance — reasonable needs — Family Proceedings Act 1980, ss 61, 62, 66 & 82(1) — Care of Children Act…

  3. Athanasios v Athanasios [2022] NZFC 1081

    Declaration as to paternity — DNA evidence — Status of Children Act 1969, s 5. The applicant mother sought a declaration under the Status of Children…

  4. Chief Executive of Oranga Tamariki v Ngaire [2022] NZFC 4502

    Permanent placement — special guardianship — protection order — care and protection — reserved judgment — Oranga Tamariki Act 1989, ss 5, 13, 78, 87,…

  5. Gupta v Prakash [2023] NZFC 2391

    Reserved judgment — application for orders — relationship property — extraordinary circumstances — exception to equal sharing — occupation rent — Property (Relationships) Act 1976,…

  6. Tarr v Rogers [2023] NZFC 8215

    Status of children — children of out wedlock — paternity declaration — Status of Children Act 1969, ss 2A, 3, 4, 6, 6C & 10…

  7. Re Thornton [2024] NZFC 3670

    Adoption application — surrogacy — egg donor — welfare and best interests of child — access to information — privacy — Adoption Act 1955, ss…

  8. Evans v Evans [2023] NZFC 10351

    Parenting order — day-to-day care — alcoholism — psychological abuse — Care of Children Act 2004, ss 4, 5, 6, 46R &133 — Evidence Act…

  9. Scott v Carter [2020] NZFC 596

    Parenting order — care and contact arrangements — welfare and best interests of child — parental estrangement — alienation — safety — change of primary…

  10. Carter v Scott [2022] NZFC 2819

    Guardianship — application for parenting orders — admissibility of evidence — hearsay — opinion — secret recording of meeting — payment of bond — costs…