Re J (An Infant): B and B v Director-General of Social Welfare - [1996] 2 NZLR 134

Family and domestic relationships — Infants and children — Wardship and guardianship — Jurisdiction of High Court to make order in advance of established need — Interests of child paramount — Whether rights and freedoms of parents give way to fundamental right of child to life — Guardianship Act 1968, ss 9, 23 and 25 — Health Act 1956, s 126B — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, ss 4, 6 and 15.