B v M - [1997] 3 NZLR 202

Family and domestic relationships — Infants and children — Custody — Grandfather's application for leave to be made second defendant in proceedings between parents in respect of 11-year-old female child — Whether Family Court had jurisdiction to hear application — Whether a conflict between ss 11 and 17 of the Guardianship Act 1968 — Whether Guardianship Act a code — Whether grandfather a person “affected” within the meaning of s 17 of the Guardianship Act 1968 (by interim custody order in favour of the mother) — International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966, art 23 — Guardianship Act 1968, ss 11, 15, 16, 17, 23 and 33 — Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989, s 121(2)(d) — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, ss 6, 17 and 27 — District Courts Rules 1992, R 9.