8 Dec 2021
GOLDSTONE v GOLDSTONE AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF REECE CLIVE GOLDSTONE [2021] NZCA 664
- Citation
- [2021] NZCA 664
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal held that s119(3) requires an evaluative assessment of fairness capable of objective review; the High Court erred in concluding the Family Court would lack jurisdiction under s9(4) PRA and in failing to conduct a fresh holistic assessment in light of post‑separation payments, the deceased's estate position, the children's interests and newly adduced evidence; on fresh assessment fairness required vesting the property as tenants in common in equal shares in Sharon (as administrator of Reece's estate) and Andrea.