P v M - [1998] 3 NZLR 246

Family and domestic relationships — Domestic violence — Final protection orders — Applicants were two lesbian couples — One applicant's sister and another applicant's foster child — Whether jurisdiction to grant a protection order against the live-in same-sex partner of applicant's sister — Whether domestic violence was established against each appellant individually — Domestic Violence Act 1995, ss 2, 4, 5, 7, 14 and 17.