Re J (An Infant): Director-General of Social Welfare v B and B - [1995] 3 NZLR 73

Family and domestic relationships — Infants and children — Wardship — Guardianship — Emergency medical treatment opposed by parents — Jurisdiction of District Court and High Court to make guardianship or wardship orders — Guardian's right to consent to operations including blood transfusions for a child without parental consent — Child's right to life paramount — Whether rights and freedoms of parents properly protected — Guardianship Act 1968, ss 9, 23 and 25 — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, ss 8, 13 and 15 — Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989, ss 67, 70, 72, 78, 110 and 151.