Maintenance Officer v Stark - [1977] 1 NZLR 78

Destitute Persons — Order for maintenance of child — Enforcement of order — Mother marrying and child adopted by mother and her husband — No further payments made after adoption - "Reasonable cause" for default — Domestic Proceedings Act 1968, s 107(1).

Husband and wife — Domestic proceedings — Enforcement of order for maintenance of child after adoption order — Domestic Proceedings Act 1968, s 107(1).

Criminal law — Grounds of defence — Genuine belief in existence of facts as apart from law, which if they existed would be defence, is a defence — Reasonable cause in a criminal charge is a question of fact.