13 Nov 2014
McInnes v McInnes [2014] NZHC 2822
- Citation
- [2014] NZHC 2822
- Court
- High Court
On the balance of probabilities the evidence including three s133 reports and subsequent events established that the mother’s perceptions and conduct posed a real and escalating risk of alienation of the children from their father, counselling had not demonstrably mitigated that risk, and a protective change in care (father eight days per 14, mother six) was in the children’s best interests; the appellant failed to prove a material adverse financial consequence that would justify departing from that conclusion.