Re A B and C (Personal Protection) - [1996] 2 NZLR 354

Statutes — Interpretation — Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 — Whether the Family Court had power to both appoint a welfare guardian and make an order specifying where the patient should live — Whether the Family Court was entitled to look at the welfare and best interests of the patient — Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988, ss 8, and 12 — Acts Interpretation Act 1924, s 5(j).

Family and domestic relationships — Personal property rights — Welfare guardian personal order — Interpretation — Whether order that the welfare guardian was authorised to consent to continued placement empowered the welfare guardian to consent to a change of placement — Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988, ss 8, 10 and 12.