29 Mar 2012
MJV V THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT HC WN CIV-2011-485-1603
- Citation
- openlaw-f6b66163_43a2_4277_9978_dd934e886da5.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The appeal was dismissed because the Judge correctly applied the statutory hierarchy (s6 paramountcy subject to ss5 and 13), accepted reliable psychological and social work evidence that the appellant has entrenched parenting deficits and lacks local supports, and properly concluded that the children's welfare required maintenance of their stable long term foster placement rather than discharge of the custody order.