22 Dec 2020
XL v RH [2020] NZHC 3498
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 3498
- Court
- High Court
The High Court allowed the appeal, quashed the Family Court's 4 November 2020 parenting orders and remitted the matter for a full safety hearing because, while the Family Court was not procedurally unfair in refusing to endorse the consented shared‑care orders, the submissions‑only process constrained the testing of evidence on allegations of violence and a full safety hearing was required; interim supervised contact arrangements and a timetable were substituted in the meantime.