13 Mar 2017
BURNETT v BURNETT [2017] NZHC 417
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 417
- Court
- High Court
Appeal allowed: the High Court found the evidence did not establish a sufficient level of risk of parental alienation to justify placing Alice in the father's day-to-day care; the Family Court orders were set aside and the interim orders continued pending remittal to the Family Court to determine precise day-to-day care and detailed contact arrangements with directions for filing memoranda, because expert opinion given at hearing lacked adequate factual foundation and the best interests analysis favored both children remaining primarily with their mother.