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1. Care of children application form

   Use this page to apply for the court to help you reach an agreement or make a decision. You can apply for help with care arrangements for your child or children, or to help resolve a dispute, or to protect your rights as a parent or guardian.

2. Memorandum for Directions Conference [PDF, 461 KB]

   Use this form if the next event in your case is a Directions Conference and a date for this event has been given to you by the court.

3. General Affidavit (CoCA) [PDF, 212 KB]

   Use this form if you want to file additional evidence of information for a matter before the court.

4. General Consent Memorandum Relating to Children [PDF, 460 KB]

   Use this form if you and the other person(s) involved have reached agreement about a matter involving children within the Family Court and you want the court to make a consented order.

5. Notice of Response and Affidavit in Support [PDF, 332 KB]

   Use this form to response to an application that has been made under the Care of Children Act and served on you.

6. Notice of defence - Form G12 [PDF, 58 KB]

   This form is used in the Family Court.

7. Form CS11: Notice of appeal against an assessment [PDF, 18 KB]

   Form CS 11 - Notice of appeal against assessment - Section 103, Child Support Act 1991.

8. General interlocutory application on notice - G20 [PDF, 20 KB]

   This form can be used for any interlocutory application i.e. any application which needs to be made in the course of the proceedings.

9. General interlocutory without notice - G21 [PDF, 20 KB]

   This form can be used for any without notice interlocutory application i.e. any application which needs to be made in the course of the proceedings.

10. Joint Application to Make a New Parenting Order by Consent [PDF, 603 KB]

    Use this form if you and all other interested parties have reached agreement about arrangements for day to day care and/or contact of a child or children and you want the court to make a Parenting Order by consent.

11. 2020 06 17 Application for an Order under the Care of Children Act 2004 updated V1.0 [DOCX, 27 KB]

    2020 06 17 Application for an Order under the Care of Children Act 2004 updated V1.0

12. Border alert request [PDF, 176 KB]

    Use this form to accompany an application to the court preventing the removal of a child from New Zealand.

13. Getting your child back from overseas [PDF, 609 KB]

    The Hague Convention is an international agreement about how a child, taken or kept overseas without permission, may be returned to the country where they usually live. It also helps parents to have contact with children who usually live overseas.

14. Guidelines for Lawyers Drafting Return Applications [PDF, 121 KB]

    GUIDELINES FOR LAWYERS DRAFTING RETURN APPLICATIONS

15. Hague Convention - Skeleton Affidavit [PDF, 91 KB]

    Skeleton Affidavit - AFFIDAVIT OF [___________] IN RELATION TO APPLICABLE NEW ZEALAND LAW IN RELATION TO APPLICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HAGUE CONVENTION ON THE CIVIL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION FOR RETURN OF CHILD/REN TAKEN FROM NEW ZEALAND

16. Application in Accordance with the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction for the Return of a Child Abducted from New Zealand [PDF, 503 KB]

    Form 1 - Application in Accordance with the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction for the Return of a Child Abducted from New Zealand under Section 102(1) of the Care of Children Act 2004

17. Notice of intention to appear - G13 [PDF, 95 KB]

    Fill in this form to tell the court you want to respond to the interim Custody Order, if there is one

18. Form CS12C: Notice appeal by respondent against Commissioners determination [PDF, 34 KB]

    Appeal a decision by the Inland Revenue Commissioner on child support.

19. Form CS9: Notice appeal against other administrative decisions of Commissioner [PDF, 89 KB]

    Appeal against other administrative decisions by the Inland Revenue Commissioner.

20. Form CS12A: Notice of appeal against the Commissioner's determination or decision [PDF, 355 KB]

    Appeal against a child support determination or decision by the Inland Revenue Commissoner.

21. Form CS5: Notice of appeal against Commissioner's decision to accept an application formula assessment of child support [PDF, 132 KB]

    Appeal against a decision by the Inland Revenue Commissioner to accept an application for a child support formula assessment.

22. Form CS7: Notice of appeal against Commissioner's decision to refuse to accept an application formula assessment [PDF, 111 KB]

    Appeal against a decision by the Inland Revenue Commissioner to refuse to accept an application for a formula assessment of child support.

23. Form CS13: Application for departure from formula assessment in special circumstances [PDF, 83 KB]

    Apply for a departure from a child support formula assessment when there are special circumstances.

24. Form CS28: Affidavit financial means their sources [PDF, 280 KB]

    Use this affidavit for child support cases to say what someone's financial means are, and their sources of income.

25. Form CS3: Application for declaration that another person is step-parent of child [PDF, 52 KB]

    Application for declaration that another person is step-parent of child - Section 99(1), Child Support Act 1991.