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Applying for a court order to administer a deceased estate when a person dies without a will is often complicated. This webinar appraises the requirements for an application of intestacy; the selection of appropriate evidence in support of the application and the recognition of factors that affect entitlement.

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Impact of brain injuries on domestic violence survivors

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This issue contains articles:

• “Protection of mana tamaiti (tamariki): the right to cultural connectedness” by Alison Cleland

• “Reforming Aotearoa’s approach to intercountry adoption” by Christian Poland

• “Case note: trusts and psychological abuse” by Bill Atkin

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Mark Henaghan, Bill Atkin, Shonagh Burnhill & Anna Chapman

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Clemett v Clemett — [2021] NZFLR 327

Trusts — Trustees — Removal of trustees — Appointment of corporate trustee — Family trust — Husband and wife trustees now estranged — Husband no longer cooperating over trust — Vesting of trust properties in new trustee — Variation to trust deed — Costs and expenses — Trustee Act 1956, ss 51, 52 and 52(1)(a).

Cooper v Pinney — [2021] NZFLR 333

Relationship property — Trusts — Powers under trusts — Powers as relationship property — Fiduciary duties — No power to disregard interests of other beneficiaries — No power to remove all beneficiaries — Application for leave to appeal — Appeal not seeking clarification of law — Property (Relationships) Act 1976, ss 2, 15, 39B and 44 — Senior Courts Act 2016, s 60.

Re Paora — [2021] NZFLR 341

Administration — Grant of letters — Discretion of court — Deceased left modest estate — Surviving spouse only person with beneficial interest — Surviving spouse did not seek application — Deceased’s son applied for grant — Surviving spouse and deceased’s surviving adult children consented to grant — Grant made — Administration Act 1969, s 6.

White v Brkic — [2021] NZFLR 344

Real property — Charging and sale orders — Discharge — Land over which orders made owned by applicant in capacity of trustee and not personal capacity — Trust deed included no self-benefit clause — Applicant’s ownership as trustee not tantamount to ownership — Inappropriate to apply principles involving relationship property to commercial cases — Orders discharged.

Lindsay v Commissioner of Inland Revenue — [2021] NZFLR 351

Child support — Backdated assessment — Judicial review — Procedural unfairness — Application made in 2017 for child support backdated to 2003 — Father not told about application — Original application made in 2003 refused — Proof of paternity not provided — Whether s 19 of Child Support Act 1991 applying to current application — Applicable provision — Act amended in 2013 — Discretion of Commissioner — Whether father should have pursued appeal rights — Relief — Increased costs — Child Support Act 1991, ss 4, 9, 9(1)(b), 14, 17, 17(2), 17(3), 18, 19, 19(a), 19(b), 21, 24, 89, 90 and 91 — Child Support Amendment Act 2013, s 1A and part 1 — High Court Rules 2016, r 14.6(3)(a) — Interpretation Act 1999, s 5(1) — Judicial Review Procedure Act 2016, s 16(3)(a) — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 27(1) — Social Security Act 1964, s 70A.

Judicial review — Child support — Backdated assessment — Procedural unfairness — Application made in 2017 for child support backdated to 2003 — Father not told about application — Original application made in 2003 refused — Proof of paternity not provided — Applicable provision — Act amended in 2013 — Whether s 19 of Child Support Act 1991 applying to current application — Discretion of Commissioner — Whether father should have pursued appeal rights — Relief — Increased costs — Child Support Act 1991, ss 4, 9, 9(1)(b), 14, 17, 17(2), 17(3), 18, 19, 19(a), 19(b), 21, 24, 89, 90 and 91 — Child Support Amendment Act 2013, s 1A and part 1 — High Court Rules 2016, r 14.6(3)(a) — Interpretation Act 1999, s 5(1) — Judicial Review Procedure Act 2016, s 16(3)(a) — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 27(1) — Social Security Act 1964, s 70A.

RH v AH — [2021] NZFLR 368

Family violence — Protection orders — Protection of others — Child of applicant’s family — Deeming provision applies without proof and irrespective of age of child living with applicant — Family Violence Act 2018, ss 86 and 87.

Family violence — Protection orders — Final — Discharge — Discharge application cannot be used to relitigate issues determined by earlier decision on temporary protection order absent appeal.

Hanson v Frank — [2021] NZFLR 375

Separation order — Parties living and working in Oman — Whether applicant domiciled in New Zealand for purposes of application — Family Proceedings Act 1980, ss 4 and 21.

Re Toelau — [2021] NZFLR 378

Adoption — Final adoption order — Child of Nepalese descent — Mother consenting to adoption — Mother coming from strict Bahram caste system — Risk of disinheritance if family found out about child — Welfare and best interests of child — Whether special circumstances for final adoption order — United Nations Convention on Rights of Child — Adoption Act 1955, ss 5, 10, 11, 11(b) and 11(c) — Care of Children Act 2004, s 5.

Standring (by her litigation guardian Sandra Bürkle) v Evans — [2021] NZFLR 385

Civil procedure — Deed of settlement — Settlement of claims — Approval of Court — Specified person — Mother suffering dementia — Step-daughter power of attorney for father — Mother claiming breach of fiduciary duties by step-daughter — Transactions prior and subsequent to father’s death — Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017, s 105 — High Court Rules 2016, rr 1.9, 4.29 and 4.37 — Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988, ss 108A, 108B, 108B(3) and 108C.

King v Police — [2021] NZFLR 391

Family violence — Protection order — Protection order for benefit of child — No jurisdiction of sentencing court to make protection order for benefit of child — Care of Children Act 2006, s 6 — Crimes Act 1961, s 196 — Criminal Procedure Act 2011, ss 244 and 250 — Domestic Violence Act 1995, ss 3, 9, 14, 27, 48 and 81 — Family Violence Act 2018, ss 62, 63, 65, 66, 74, 91, 94, 103 and 111 — Family Violence (Amendments) Act 2018, s 64 — Interpretation Act 1999, s 5 — Oranga Tamariki Act 1989, s 11 — Sentencing Act 2002 ss 3, 7, 8, 10, 111, 123A, 123B, 123C, 123F, 123G and 123H.

Rainey v Kwok — [2021] NZFLR 406

Maintenance — Liability to pay maintenance — Inability to meet reasonable needs — Inability to speak English — Reasonable needs — Calculation of reasonable needs — Reasonable period to assume responsibility for supporting oneself — Delay in resolution of claim — Responsibility for delay — Family Proceedings Act 1980, ss 62, 64, 64A, 65 and 66 — Property (Relationships) Act 1976, s 18B.

Turner v del la Varis — [2021] NZFLR 418

Relationship property — Interim distribution — Sale of relationship property — No jurisdiction to sell property owned by third parties — Vesting relationship property in one person as interim order — Inappropriate to vest relationship property in one person — Property (Relationships) Act 1976, ss 10, 25, 33, 34 and 39.

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David Bullock & Tim Mullins                                 

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Planning Practice in New Zealand, 2^nd edition 

Caroline Miller & Lee Beattie (editors)                                 

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Law Commission recommends new succession law

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Chris Kelly, Greg Kelly, Colette McKenzie & Kimberly Lawrence

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John Burrows QC and Jeremy Finn (editors)           

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Judge Peter Spiller (editor)                                               

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Nicholas Wood

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