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Care of Children focuses primarily on the Care of Children Act 2004 as it replaces and reforms the Guardianship Act 1968. The book also includes the Civil Union Act 2004, the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004, and the Status of Children Amen
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Family Law Policy, Third Edition, analyses and critiques current family law policy in New Zealand. Family Law Policy affects every New Zealander and every aspect of their life whether it be financial property, or their relationships with their children, o
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The first edition of this book was published in 2001, just ahead of the amended Property (Relationships) Act coming into force on 1 February 2002. This legislative reform created widespread interest among the legal profession and within the community for the changes it made to the law relating to the division of property on relationship breakdown. The key changes included: - A widening of the common pool of property with a tightening of the ways in which a departure from equal sharing could be achieved, including upholding agreements to contract out of the Act and tightening rules about debts and shifting property to trusts - New provisions that accounted for economic disparity between relationship partners - Bringing both heterosexual and same-sex de facto relationships within the Act, largely on the same footing as marriages - Bringing de facto relationships and marriages ended by death within the Act. This second edition of Relationship Property in New Zealand analyses the impact of these highly significant law reforms in the light of hundreds of cases. Every key change is examined and assessed against its policy intent. Since the publication of the first edition, the Civil Union Act 2004 has also come into force - the book will update readers on this Act, which brings civil unions into this property division regime. Chapter 1: A Chequered Policy History Chapter 2: De Facto and Same-sex Relationships Chapter 3: Relationship Property Chapter 4: Rules for Dividing Property Chapter 5: Economic Disparity Chapter 6: Widowed Parties Chapter 7: Maintenance and Child Support Chapter 8: Contracting out of the Act Chapter 9: Trusts and Companies Chapter 10: Creditors and Debtors Chapter 11: Jurisdiction, Procedure, Orders, and Transitional Rules Chapter 12: Conclusion
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