Family law : 17 & 18 September 2009.
NZLS Conference. Family law
- 398 p. : ports. ; 30 cm.
- Conference .
- New Zealand Law Society conference .
Proceedings of the 2009 Family Law Conference held in Auckland, N.Z. "17 & 18 September 2009." At head of title: NZLS/CLE Limited. "Sponsored by University of Otago ; Family Law Section."
Includes bibliographical references.
Property issues: Trans-Tasman and beyond dealing with the international family: an Australian perspective / Dealing with the international family: New Zealand law and jurisdiction of the New Zealand courts / Deconstructing the permanency policy / Let's talk about debt, baby / Levelling the playing field: acting for the clients who don't have their hands on the money / Rules of evidence in the Family Court / Judicial interviews of children / Like sand through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives / Sections 59-61 of the Care of Children Act 2004: Balancing the equation 59 + 60 + 61 + 4 + 5, or does it? / Classic hits: revisiting S 60 of the Care of Children Act and the challenges it poses / The impact of X V X and Ward v Ward. Section 182 of the Family Proceedings Act: How effective at all is S 182 now? When should the more appropriate remedy be found in the Trustee Act? / Section 182 - The continuing problems of interpretation and application / Legalities or results - Mediation - Why is it hot? / Legality versus results - mediation - Why is it hot? - the role of the lawyer / Going, going ... gone - to relocate or not to relocate, that is the question / Ian Kennedy -- Kevin Muir -- Allan Cooke, Sarah Lindsay -- Deborah Hollings -- Vivienne Crawshaw, David Dowthwaite -- Helen Cull -- Stephen McCarthy -- Greg Kelly, Nicola Peart -- Simon Maude -- Rosemary Riddell -- Magnus Macfarlane -- Maureen Southwick -- Tony Lendrum -- Jason Wren -- Mark Henaghan. Opening address : the three changes I would most like to see occur in the next three years / How to run a case / The costs conundrum : costs in the Family Court / Cross-examination of an expert in the Family Court / Parents as partners : how conflict between couples affects children's psychological development / Peter Boshier -- Nicholas Mostyn -- Robert Hacking, June Hunter -- Nicholas Mostyn, Claire Ryan, Louise Smith -- Gordon Harold. Appendix 1. Appendix 2. Appendix 3. Appendix 4. Appendix 5.