2 Jun 2022
The appeal was allowed by consent and the Family Court order directing G to attend School 3 was set aside and replaced with an order that G attend School 2 for years seven and eight because all parties, including Oranga Tamariki and lawyer for child, agreed G was settled and it was in her best interests to remain at School 2.
23 Jun 2017
The Family Court's orders were affirmed because the evidence showed significant parental dysfunction and lack of effective communication such that a primary base with the mother and significant time with the father (5:9) and schooling at the local Maungatapu School best met the children's welfare and best interests; there was no evidential basis to displace those findings for equal shared care or to order transfer to Bethlehem College.
19 Nov 2015
Leave to appeal was granted because the dispute concerned an important matter affecting the child (school placement), the father's grounds were not so lacking in merit as to be inarguable, delay and procedural default by a self‑represented litigant were excused, and the paramount consideration of the child's welfare justified appellate review so the High Court could form its own view on the merits.