Van der Oort v Van der Oort - [1967] NZLR 870

Destitute Persons — Jurisdiction of Court to make maintenance order — Children in lawful custody of mother — Mother unreasonably refusing to live with father — Whether children have reasonable cause for living apart from father — Father offering to support children so long as they live with him — Whether offer "provision for adequate maintenance" of child — Destitute Persons Act 1910, s. 26 (8).