New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Maintenance orders

Legal area

Court

7 Feb 2019

HOHAIA v CALDWELL [2019] NZHC 102

Citation

[2018] NZFLR 974
Court

High Court

The High Court held the Family Court judge did not err in dismissing interim maintenance: on the evidence the applicant had the ability to meet her reasonable needs, lacked sufficient evidential basis to attribute inability to the relationship or its end, had not demonstrated reasonable job search or explored reasonable alternatives, and there was no legal basis to treat the employment dispute as grounds for interim maintenance.
24 Jul 2015

CLAYTON v CLAYTON CA438/2013 [2015] NZCA 330

Citation

[2015] NZCA 330
Court

Court of Appeal

The Court ordered payment of the agreed costs and release of security because the sums are minor relative to the wider unresolved litigation, the Family Court maintenance payments were not earmarked for specific costs orders and may not negate the separate costs award, the respondent maintained her actual costs exceeded the maintenance payments, and any necessary adjustments can be made in a final accounting once all disputes are concluded.