6 Mar 2020
[MORTON] v [BAXTER] [2020] NZHC 414
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 414
- Court
- High Court
Leave to appeal was appropriate given importance of issues, but on rehearing the High Court concluded Judge Brown correctly balanced the children's best interests and welfare: the advantages of stability, schooling, cultural immersion in New Zealand and maintenance of the mother relationship outweighed the gains of relocating to Australia; the Family Court was not wrong to give limited weight to the prior parental agreement or to treat J's preference as non‑determinative.