21 Dec 2018
H v FAMILY COURT AT TAURANGA [2018] NZHC 3459
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 3459
- Court
- High Court
The application for a writ of habeas corpus was dismissed because the children were lawfully in the interim custody of the Chief Executive under a Family Court order made pursuant to s102 of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989, habeas corpus is not an appropriate procedure to collaterally challenge that interim order, and this was not one of the rare cases permitting habeas corpus to be used in that way; the Family Court will review the interim order on 13 February 2019.