2 Aug 2021
TERENCE WOOLDRIDGE v KANCHANA KUMARI [2021] NZHC 1975
- Citation
- [2021] NZFLR 461
- Court
- High Court
The Family Court finding that the marriage was not of short duration was upheld, the premarital agreement did not oust NZ law and was treated as ineffective; leave to obtain non‑party discovery and to adduce fresh immigration evidence on appeal was refused as inappropriate and not fresh or compelling; however, on a holistic assessment the combination of the appellant's substantial capital contribution (the family home), the brevity of the relationship, the parties' significant time apart and the appellant's advanced age and reduced future earning capacity amounted to extraordinary circumstanc…