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Perjury in Family Courts

Anatoly Kern made this Official Information request to Ministry of Justice

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From: Anatoly Kern

Dear Ministry of Justice,

Based on the publicly available information (http://www.netlaw.co.nz/family.cfm?PageI...) New Zealand Courts regard perjury and the related charges, as very serious and it is almost inevitable that you will go to prison if you are convicted of any of these charges.
Per the same information the Police and the Court will act very strongly to bring anyone who has committed such an offence to justice because they believe that our whole system of justice breaks down if someone is lying on oath or conspires to pervert the course of justice.

I am interested in understanding the reality of this statements in relation to the Family Court and would like to request the following information:

1. Number of references made to New Zealand Police by Family Court Judges based on perjury revealed during family court proceedings for the past 10 years with per year separation.

Based on a number of comments from Family Court Judges it is quite common to see perjury within family courts.

2. I doubt that any has been done, but just in case I am wrong with understanding the real situation with perjury in family courts and there have been number of such references made, I would like to request the following additional information for each of such references:
a) Reference to original family court case/report on it from which such reference is originating.
b) Reference to a criminal prosecution case raised by Police with outcome of it.

I am NZ resident and reside in NZ.

Yours faithfully,

Anatoly Kern

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Dear Anatoly Kern
 
Please find attached the response from Tony Fisher, General Manager for
District Courts, to your email of 11 July 2013.
 
Kind Regards
Paul McGregor
 
 
District Court Correspondence
Ministry of Justice
Ph | 04 918-8800
Fax | 04 918 8820 
DX SX 10088
WELLINGTON 6140
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Anatoly Kern left an annotation ()

The response confirms that there are no perjury prosecutions for any false evidence within Family Courts.

Everyone participating in Family Court business are aware about that and use widely (e.g. lie and knowingly put false information in affidavits and court applications)

Keep this in mind if you get involved in New Zealand Family Court in any way.

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Thomas Roberts left an annotation ()

Except it doesn't say that at all. What it is saying is that there is in the data, there is no way to tell which case or court the perjury charge relates to.

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Anatoly Kern left an annotation ()

Looking forward to see any confirmation for any charges or conviction related to Family Court.

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Thomas Roberts left an annotation ()

That will be court record data - as in to get it, you would have to physically go through each file for each perjury case to find out which court the perjury occurred in. Something you'll likely have to do yourself.

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Anatoly Kern left an annotation ()

The task, which I am leaving to those who have any delusional view about prosecution of perjury in Family Courts.

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NZ men fed up with the NZ family court left an annotation ()

I know of a clear case the police could of used this, but choose to go with a much lesser charge of "use of a forged document" instead.

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Zane Collins left an annotation ()

Sounds very dodgy and yes there is no prejury in the family court. Thats why all those psychopaths dail 111 and fabricate stories ..

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graham emmott left an annotation ()

I attempted to defend a protection order in gisborne family court july 2015, my ex lied profusively in statements, throughout the entire court proceedings, I told nothing but the truth & was accused by the judge of perjury & then the following day, the police at my new job, 1 yr police harrasment, no case eventuated, now they will not take a complaint of multiple perjury off me against her, its fucked.......

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Ed left an annotation ()

In 2001 I defended a protection order to have access to my children after the family court previously told me to find my ex wife and serve papers on her. I used a PI and took precautions but when my ex found out I was trying to find her she took out a protection order against me. It was also discovered at this time that my ex had had an extra-marital affair and deliberately lied knowing it to be false about the paternity of my son in 4 family court affidavits. At the court hearing my ex deliberately lied by changing her story but was caught out by my lawyer. The Judge told my ex that she had lied knowing it to be false in 4 affidavits to which my ex wife replied "YEAH"
The Judge in her summing up said, despite the admission of perjury, that people lie for all sorts of reasons and asked my ex wife if she wanted a protection order to which she said yes and the judge granted it despite me doing everything right by law. The family courts decision to find my ex wife and serve papers on her was also a misdemeanour as it put me in a precarious situation. A complaint to the police of admitted perjury was also wiped aside and covered up. If a man lies he goes to jail, if a woman lies she gets everything handed on a silver platter

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