Surrey v Surrey - [2010] 2 NZLR 581

Family and domestic relationships — Domestic violence — Protection orders — Evidence of past conduct — Necessity for final protection order — Onus of showing countervailing factors why order should not be granted — Relationship to parenting orders — Care of Children Act 2004.

Family and domestic relationships — Infants and children — Parenting orders — Unsupervised access — Power to agree — Observation — Care of Children Act 2004, s 61(f).

Family law — Practice and procedure — Appeals — Nature of decisions required to make final protection order — Nature of appeal from decision to grant order — Domestic Violence Act 1995, s 14.