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1. Children's Action Plan & Vulnerable Children Act 2014

   On this page: Child protection policies Safety checking Workforce restrictions on core worker roles New care and protection provisions in the courts Protecting New Zealand’s children is everyone’s responsibility. We're part of a cross-agency effort to prevent child abuse and neglect. We're involved in and committed to various measures being put in place under the Vulnerable Children Act 2014 and the Children’s Action Plan, which aim to keep children safe and ensure their needs are met....

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   3. Cross-government initiatives

2. Family Court statistics: An overview of Family Court statistics in New Zealand 2004 to 2008 [pdf, 1.4 MB]

   ...The annual number of new cases has generally decreased. This points to falling numbers of new family groups using the Family Court. The exceptions are those seeking counselling or relationship dissolution. Parenting of children • Between 2005 and 2008, the distribution of parties given day-to-day care has more or less remained the same. Most parenting orders give day-to-day care to either the mother or the father. • New Plymouth and Rotorua court clusters had the highest rate o...

3. Family Court legislation and rules

   This page provides links to relevant legislation the Family Court deals with.

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   2. Family Court >
   3. About the Family Court

4. Joint Protocol Ministry of Justice and Department of Child, Youth and Family [pdf, 79 KB]

   ...AND FAMILY, 1 JULY 2000 NOTE This protocol has been updated to account for the following changes: (a) the Department for Courts is now the Ministry of Justice; (b) Child, Youth and Family Services is now Child, Youth and Family; and (c) the Care of Children Act 2004 and the Family Courts Rules 2002 have been passed. No substantive changes have been made. TABLE OF CONTENTS Referral by the Family Court to Child, Youth and Family. Track 1: Section 15 CYP&F Act 1989 repor...

5. Certificate of non-revocation and non-suspension of EPA [docx, 17 KB]

   CERTIFICATE OF NON-REVOCATION AND NON-SUSPENSION OF ENDURING POWER OF ATTORNEY Section 103C, Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 I, [full name, address, occupation of attorney], certify that— 1. For this paragraph select the statement that applies. Statement A On [date], [full name of donor] granted to me an enduring power of attorney to act in relation to his/her* property. *Select one. Statement B On [date], [full name of donor] granted to me an enduring power of attorney...

6. MOJ0614_SEP21_WEB.pdf [pdf, 73 KB]

   Responding to a Protection Order For people responding to a Protection Order (or an application for a Protection Order) made against them You might have been served with (given) a Protection Order or been told someone (the applicant) has applied for a Protection Order against you. If you’ve been served with a temporary Protection Order, it means the Court decided it was urgently needed by the person who applied, to protect them from family violence. You must keep to the Protection Orde...

7. OIA-112091.pdf [pdf, 1.9 MB]

   ...applications based on their filing year, some applications are still active and do not have a final outcome. There are several ways a protection order can be made. This includes applications to the Family Court under the Family Violence Act 2018 or the Care of Children Act 2004, and through District Court criminal proceedings under the Sentencing Act 2002 following a breach of a Police Safety Order, or upon sentencing for family violence charges. Protection Orders made upon s...

8. AEG v ZVP Ltd [2012] NZDT 339 (23 October 2012) [pdf, 101 KB]

   ...Law [6] The relevant law is the general law of contract, and the law of bailment – where A (bailee) knowingly and willingly accepts possession of goods that belong to B. The bailee is liable when he fails to take reasonable care of the said goods. [7] The burden of proof falls on the bailee to prove that he has not been negligent in the care of the goods. Issues [8] The issues to be decided are as follows: (i) The nature of the relationship between t...

9. BORA Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Amendment Bill [pdf, 138 KB]

   ...with s 19(1) (right to be free from discrimination). Our analysis is set out below. The Bill 4. The Bill amends the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989 (‘the principal Act’) to: a. extend the provisions of the statutory care and protection system to young people aged 17 years b. embed children and young people’s views at an individual and systemic level by strengthening obligations in the principal Act to support children and young people’s participation...

10. Welfare guardians

    If someone needs help making decisions for themselves about their personal care and welfare, the Family Court can appoint a welfare guardian for them. For the court to do this, it must mean the court believes a welfare guardian is the only way to make sure the right decisions are made for the person. What a welfare guardian does How a welfare guardian supports and protects the welfare and best interest of the person they’re acting for. What a welfare guardian does Apply for a welfare guardia...

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    2. Powers to make decisions for others