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Tçnâ koe Paul,
 
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your request for information under
the Official Information Act 1982.
 
We will endeavour to respond to you as soon as possible, and in any case,
no later than 22nd July 2024, being 20 working days from our receipt of
your request on 21st June 2024, as provided for under the Act.
 
If we are unable to respond to your request within those 20 working days,
we will notify you of an extension to that timeframe.
Nâku noa, nâ
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Paul King <[FOI #27324 email]>
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2024 2:14 PM
To: OIA_Requests (OT) <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Ex-husband forced to share his
visits with his children with his ex-wife
 
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Dear Ministry for Children — Oranga Tamariki,
 
1. Can you please tell me what Act and section of that Act in New Zealand
Law that the Ministry of Children is using to force some fathers to share
their visits with their children with their ex-wife? I need to know the
exact Act and Section of that Act that the Ministry of Children is using
to justify this situation.
 
2. I have an example of this happening and I cannot find any section of
our Law which entitles the department to force this situation on the
father. Please confirm that you know this is happening? If you do not know
it is happening then please state that in your answer you do not know it
is happening. If you also believe it would be unlawful then please state
that in your answer.
 
3. Divorce law and practice would suggest that this situation should not
be forced on the parents. Please supply at what level of the Ministry of
Children this decision is being taken and by whom?
 
4. If you do not answer this question I will file in the Family Court to
have the question answered and your lack of an answer under the OIA will
form part of the evidence for that filing.
 
5. If you refuse the information and there has to be further costs in the
Family Court then I will be asking for the Ministry to pay these costs due
to their refusal to supply the information required by law in a timely
manner.
 
5. Please supply the number of instances the Ministry of Children knows
are being forced into this situation for the Family Court to address as I
am sure the Ministry will not want to be acting unlawfully.
 
Yours faithfully,
 
Paul King
 
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IN-CONFIDENCE

 

Tçnâ koe Paul,

 

Please find attached correspondence about your request.

 

Nâku noa, nâ

 

Ministerial Support

PO Box 546, Wellington 6140

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-----Original Message-----
From: Paul King <[2][FOI #27324 email]>
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2024 2:14 PM
To: OIA_Requests (OT) <[3][email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Ex-husband forced to share his
visits with his children with his ex-wife

 

[You don't often get email from
[4][FOI #27324 email]. Learn why this is
important at [5]https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentific... ]

 

Dear Ministry for Children — Oranga Tamariki,

 

1. Can you please tell me what Act and section of that Act in New Zealand
Law that the Ministry of Children is using to force some fathers to share
their visits with their children with their ex-wife? I need to know the
exact Act and Section of that Act that the Ministry of Children is using
to justify this situation.

 

2. I have an example of this happening and I cannot find any section of
our Law which entitles the department to force this situation on the
father. Please confirm that you know this is happening? If you do not know
it is happening then please state that in your answer you do not know it
is happening. If you also believe it would be unlawful then please state
that in your answer.

 

3. Divorce law and practice would suggest that this situation should not
be forced on the parents. Please supply at what level of the Ministry of
Children this decision is being taken and by whom?

 

4. If you do not answer this question I will file in the Family Court to
have the question answered and your lack of an answer under the OIA will
form part of the evidence for that filing.

 

5. If you refuse the information and there has to be further costs in the
Family Court then I will be asking for the Ministry to pay these costs due
to their refusal to supply the information required by law in a timely
manner.

 

5. Please supply the number of instances the Ministry of Children knows
are being forced into this situation for the Family Court to address as I
am sure the Ministry will not want to be acting unlawfully.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Paul King

 

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IN-CONFIDENCE

Tēnā koe Paul,

 

Please find attached a response to your Official Information Act request
of 21 June 2024.

 

Nāku noa, nā

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Paul King <[2][FOI #27324 email]>
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2024 2:14 PM
To: OIA_Requests (OT) <[3][email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Ex-husband forced to share his
visits with his children with his ex-wife

 

[You don't often get email from
[4][FOI #27324 email]. Learn why this is
important at [5]https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentific... ]

 

Dear Ministry for Children — Oranga Tamariki,

 

1. Can you please tell me what Act and section of that Act in New Zealand
Law that the Ministry of Children is using to force some fathers to share
their visits with their children with their ex-wife? I need to know the
exact Act and Section of that Act that the Ministry of Children is using
to justify this situation.

 

2. I have an example of this happening and I cannot find any section of
our Law which entitles the department to force this situation on the
father. Please confirm that you know this is happening? If you do not know
it is happening then please state that in your answer you do not know it
is happening. If you also believe it would be unlawful then please state
that in your answer.

 

3. Divorce law and practice would suggest that this situation should not
be forced on the parents. Please supply at what level of the Ministry of
Children this decision is being taken and by whom?

 

4. If you do not answer this question I will file in the Family Court to
have the question answered and your lack of an answer under the OIA will
form part of the evidence for that filing.

 

5. If you refuse the information and there has to be further costs in the
Family Court then I will be asking for the Ministry to pay these costs due
to their refusal to supply the information required by law in a timely
manner.

 

5. Please supply the number of instances the Ministry of Children knows
are being forced into this situation for the Family Court to address as I
am sure the Ministry will not want to be acting unlawfully.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Paul King

 

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