19 Feb 2020
DN v FAMILY COURT AT AUCKLAND [2020] NZHC 210
- Citation
- (2020) 32 FRNZ 575
- Court
- High Court
Judge Burns' decision ordering a s133 psychological report was set aside because he was bound by Courtney J's earlier High Court findings that, in the particular circumstances of these children, the statutory threshold in s133(6) was not met until the treating paediatrician Dr S's opinion was obtained and the children's views (via lawyer for the child) had been ascertained; matter remitted to Family Court with directions that those inputs be provided before any s133 order; implementation stayed pending resolution of the third cause of action regarding recall of Judge de Jong's minute.