Tag: Family law

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Domestic violence and immigration policy

There are various points at which immigration and family law intersect; whether it is regarding final parenting orders of New Zealand citizen children granted to a temporary visa holder or an adoption order for a surrogate child born overseas. The focus of this piece is the intersection between an application…

Reforms take family justice backwards, Law Foundation research finds

Most family justice professionals believe the system has been made worse by the 2014 reforms, a major Law Foundation-funded study has found. The Otago University research found that around three-quarters of professionals, many of them lawyers, felt the system had become worse or much worse since 2014. More than 80% had…

Law Society outlines ways to reduce Family Court delays

A significant reduction in delay in the Family Court could be achieved by implementing a number of measures, the New Zealand Law Society says. Details of the measures are provided by the Law Society in additional feedback to the Independent Panel examining the impact of the 2014 family justice reforms. The…

Family justice — time for evolution not revolution

The review of the 2014 family justice reforms is currently underway, and the Independent Panel has much to consider – as befits the importance of the subject and the political attention their deliberations will receive. Justice Minister Andrew Little has said that he is concerned that families and children are losing…

Animal cruelty and family violence

In a recent animal welfare prosecution, New Zealand Police v Hanuere Paul Witehira [2017] NZDC 16476, the court sentenced an offender to two years’ and five months’ imprisonment for bashing a puppy eight times on the head with a hammer, resulting in its death. The offending occurred in a family…

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