24 Mar 2010
HOLDEN V NICHOLSON & ORS HC AK CIV-2009-404-3668
- Citation
- openlaw-ba1719dd_ca43_4eed_afbc_fe386c97cb43.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The Court held the joinder application must fail because Family Proceedings Act s54 does not empower the Court to recommend parentage testing of half-siblings, s57 is limited by s54, and the Court has no inherent jurisdiction to extend statutory powers to require or recommend testing of siblings; under the High Court Rules the proposed defendants are not necessary parties and therefore joinder is dismissed.