Director-General of Social Welfare v Weller - [1991] 1 NZLR 576

Infants and children — Guardianship — Maintenance — Non-custodial parent denied access by custodial parent — Whether child maintenance was payable by non-custodial parent where he was prevented from exercising guardianship — Whether the non-material needs of a child to be considered in maintenance application and whether once the conditions for making a maintenance order are met, there is a discretion to decline to make an order based on the parties' conduct — Family Proceedings Act 1980, ss 72 and 76.