12 Sept 2013
P LAWRENCE v F BAKER [2013] NZHC 2378
- Citation
- [2013] NZHC 2378
- Court
- High Court
Appellate court found the Family Court judge made material factual and legal errors (unsupported assumption about children's schooling, overlooking mortgage on Australian property, incorrect daughter age/separation date) which undermined the prolonged occupation order and the rationale for immediate sale of the Australian property. The appropriate remedy was to reduce the occupation order to expire 1 March 2014, set aside the sale order and vest the Australian property in the husband subject to accounting, correct the separation date to 22 June 2008, set aside the maintenance arrears order, a…