19 Dec 2016
KYLE v BOWEN [2016] NZHC 3144
- Citation
- [2016] NZHC 3144
- Court
- High Court
Leave to appeal was granted because primary school placement has medium/long‑term implications; although the Family Court Judge erred by treating s5(e) and s5(f) as having been satisfied without further inquiry and by over‑emphasising the mother's stability under s5(d), on a full reassessment the child was settled at B school, continuity of care and the ability of both schools to support cultural identity meant remaining at B school was in the child's best interests; appeal dismissed.