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New Zealand Case Law

Polyamory and child safety
  • 20 May 2022

    M v B [2022] NZHC 1126

    Citation
    [2022] NZHC 1126
    Court
    High Court

    The High Court set aside Family Court findings that V and L had been psychologically abused because the factual basis did not meet the legal threshold, but upheld that past parental conduct raised safety concerns; retained shared week-about care for V because risks were low and disruption would cause greater harm; granted L unsupervised daytime contact but limited overnight contact to supervised weekend stays at paternal grandfather's home pending appropriate transition measures and removed the psychiatric-diagnosis precondition while amending enforceable protective conditions tailored to pre…