27 May 2021
THOMAS v KANE [2021] NZHC 1211
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 1211
- Court
- High Court
Judge Twaddle s determinations were correct: the protection order was not discharged because credible findings of past possessive, controlling and psychologically abusive behaviour, the appellant s lack of insight and ongoing risk established that the order remained necessary for the respondent s protection; the parenting order leaving the child in the respondent s day-to-day care was justified by the child s settled schooling, expressed views, need for continuity, expert and evidentiary findings on parental competence and risk, and moving the child would harm his welfare; costs awarded were…