14 Jun 2016
BLACK v CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT [2016] NZHC 1273
- Citation
- [2016] NZHC 1273
- Court
- High Court
Section 70B(2) does not make a marginal majority of time in a parent's care automatically determinative of 'greater responsibility'; the chief executive/Authority must weigh the primary time factor together with the additional statutory factors and may reasonably conclude that neither parent has greater responsibility where differences in time are minimal and other factors are evenly balanced; where unable to ascertain responsibility s 70B(3) applies.