5 Oct 2020
RE NIVEN [2020] NZHC 2604
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 2604
- Court
- High Court
Applicant established a proper reason (genealogical research) to search the historical divorce file; service on the former spouse was dispensed with as impractical due to lack of information and probable advanced age; leave was granted subject to conditions protecting the privacy of any potentially living persons, namely a written undertaking not to publish information beyond immediate family and compliance with Registrar procedures for fees and copies.