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Protection order — domestic violence — psychological violence — necessity — application to commence proceedings within the two year period — procedural delay in domestic…
Download Judgment: 2021-NZFC-7570_Lesley-v-Witika.pdf [PDF, 286 KB]
Parenting order – leave required and granted – additional guardian – order preventing removal of child from New Zealand – vexatious proceedings – Care of…
Download Judgment: 2020-NZFC-2422_Hampton-v-Rennie.pdf [PDF, 431 KB]
Application for return of child — habitual residence — grave risk — Care of Children Act 2004, ss 95, 105 & 106 — Hague Convention…
Download Judgment: 2021-NZFC-1592_Rush-v-Mercer.pdf [PDF, 409 KB]
Alienation — estrangement — welfare and best interests of child — interim guardianship — Care of Children Act 2004, ss 4, 5, 6, 31, 32…
Download Judgment: 2019-NZFC-4507_Minh-v-Xue.pdf [PDF, 262 KB]
Day-to-day care — alienating behaviour — estrangement — Care of Children Act 2004. This case concerned the day-to-day care of a single child, who had been…
Download Judgment: 2020-NZFC-9522_Minh-v-Xue.pdf [PDF, 190 KB]
Interlocutory application — relationship property proceedings — sale order — family home — impact of COVID-19 — housing market — Property (Relationships) Act 1976, ss…
Download Judgment: 2021-NZFC-2251_Panikkar-v-Sharma.pdf [PDF, 240 KB]
Application for declaration for change of sex on birth certificate — female to male — name change — transgender — Births, Deaths, Marriages and Relationships Registration…
Download Judgment: 2020-NZFC-10672_Re-Willis.pdf [PDF, 189 KB]
Adoption — surrogacy — fit and proper person — biological child — Ethics Committee on Assisted Reproduction — Adoption Act 1955, s 11. The applicant sought…
Download Judgment: 2019-NZFC-6116_Fischer-v-Fischer.pdf [PDF, 224 KB]
Application for marriage by proxy — COVID-19 — coronavirus — global pandemic — international travel restrictions — "state of war" — Marriage Act 1955, s…
Download Judgment: 2021-NZFC-1704_Mazany-v-Registrar-General-of-Births-Deaths-and-Marriages.pdf [PDF, 261 KB]
Application for parenting orders — safety concerns — welfare and best interests of child — HIV status — HIV/AIDS – historic drug use — Care…
Download Judgment: 2021-NZFC-1815_Travis-v-Travis.pdf [PDF, 371 KB]
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