3 Aug 2023
HOLLAND v BELLAMY [2023] NZHC 2046
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 2046
- Court
- High Court
The High Court held the Family Court correctly prioritized the children's welfare and best interests by preserving the twins' existing first names to avoid confusion, and reasonably substituted the father's preferred names as middle names to reflect both parents, attempt to dilute parental conflict and provide some legal/formal alignment with the names the father would use; the order was appropriate but required a condition that organisations use the twins' first names for communication.