Lehartel v Lehartel - [1993] 1 NZLR 578

Infants and children — Custody — Interim foreign custody order — Foreign Court order permitting child to be taken to New Zealand for limited period — Mother and child remaining in New Zealand after expiry of period — Mother obtaining ex parte custody order in New Zealand — Father applying for discharge — Whether mother should be required to take child back to foreign jurisdiction for local Court to make final custody order — Guardianship Act 1968, ss 5 and 23(1) - Guardianship Amendment Act 1991.