The Family Protection Act allows individual family members who have not been adequately provided for under a will to seek provision from an estate for maintenance and support. A recent case...Read More
Various things can be done if someone breaches, contravenes or fails to comply with a parenting order. Not following a court order is taken seriously, but what the most appropriate course of...Read More
Obtaining a formal divorce (dissolution) involves an application being made to the Family Court and payment of a filing fee. This can either be done jointly with your spouse or partner or...Read More
The Family Court can make a protection order under the Domestic Violence Act if they are satisfied that there has been physical, sexual or psychological abuse between people in certain...Read More
The general rule under the Property (Relationships) Act 1976 is that once you have been in a marriage, civil union or de facto relationship for more than three years, upon separation all...Read More
The Property (Relationships) Act 1976 ("the Act") defines this as a relationship between any two persons who are both aged 18 years or older, who live together as a couple, and who are not...Read More
When a couple separates, one partner may have an ongoing liability to financially support the other. This obligation is known as "spousal maintenance" and is dealt with by the Family Proceedings...Read More
Following the recent media attention to the New Zealand Foreign Trust (“NZFT”) industry, John Shewan, appointed by the New Zealand Government to conduct a review on the product, has released...Read More