10 Aug 2021
G v M [2021] NZHC 2066
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 2066
- Court
- High Court
The appeal was allowed by consent and the Family Court final parenting order was discharged and replaced with court‑supervised interim parenting orders because the Family Court had jurisdiction under s49 of the Care of Children Act to make interim orders where they better serve the child's welfare, the High Court had appellate power under r20.19 to substitute orders the lower court could have made, and the updated s133 psychological report supported a therapeutic, gradual reunification under court oversight as being in the child's best interests.