Number of suicides related to family court proceedings dealing with care of children in New Zealand
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From: The New Zealand Fathers Rights Movement
Dear Ministry of Justice,
I request information from the New Zealand Coronial Services on the number of suicide victims per year sorted by sex M/F that were involved in family court proceedings dealing with care of children issues.
Yours faithfully,
Jeremy
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Dave left an annotation ()
It's quite disturbing that a kind and empathetic government is choosing not to provide details around suicides linked to the family court process. I have no doubts that this data is available given the spotlight that this government and organizations such as 'I am Hope' (Mike King) have shone on these statistics. The only conclusion I can draw is that the government doesn't want to acknowledge their role in causing suicides.
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