New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Status quo principle

Legal area

Court

27 Jun 2018

BL v AG [2018] NZHC 1581

Citation

[2018] NZHC 1581
Court

High Court

The stay was refused because the variation (one additional week of travel) was a minor, justifiable change to interim orders made in the children's welfare interests; the Family Court judge had reasonably weighed the competing factors (including whakapapa and identity benefits, schooling impact and children's views), there was no jurisdictional bar or abusive process warranting a stay, and the advantages to the children outweighed the disruption to routine.
16 Feb 2006

JM V JB AND ANOR HC WN AP 2006-485-19

Citation

openlaw-8ad00e34_764d_42e0_98cc_a0af5cdd8d97.pdf
Court

High Court

The High Court held the Family Court did not err in making the interim parenting order because the factual record and prior findings gave credible grounds (mother's conduct, housing instability, concerns about substance use and mental health, and psychological opinion) to depart from a weakened status quo and place H in the father's week‑day care pending a substantive hearing; parental proposals generally outweigh grandparents' at interlocutory stages absent compelling proof.