Good morning,

Acknowledging receipt of your request for information under the Official Information Act 1982. You can expect a response on or before 3 April 2018.

With regard to who you should contact at the NZ Police about investigating a white collar crime (potential fraud), I suggest you go to the following NZ police link:
http://www.police.govt.nz/contact-us/how...

Kind regards,
Claire

Claire O'Connor
Advisor | Official Correspondence
Communications
Ministry of Justice | Tāhū o te Ture

-----Original Message-----
From: Shannon Marshall [mailto:[FOI #7376 email]]
Sent: Sunday, 4 March 2018 9:54 p.m.
To: correspondence, official <[Ministry of Justice request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Family Court History

Dear Ministry of Justice,

Can you please advise how many days the longest recorded family court case in NZ has been? If you have a list of the top 8 cases and how many days they went for it would be much appreciated.

Also, who would I contact at the NZ Police about investigating a white collar crime (potential fraud)?

Yours faithfully,

Shannon Marshall

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Hi Shannon

Further to Claire's email this morning, under section 15A of the OIA, we'd like to clarify your request.

The Family Court deals with applications and cases under a variety of legislation dealing with the care of children, relationship property, dissolution of marriages and civil unions, guardianship, Hague Convention, and care and protection proceedings.

We wondered if you were particularly interested in applications under the Care of Children Act? It would be good if you could specify what types of matters you're interested in.

Also, it might be easier to frame your request in terms of the length of time taken to deal with "applications". The reason is that "cases" will be reopened if new applications are received (e.g., for a parenting order) and for some matters, e.g., care and protection proceedings (under the Oranga Tamariki Act) are reopened at least once each year for a review, until discharged or the young person turns 18. In other words, a "case" might take a long time because it is required by law to be regularly reviewed.

While the Family Court has existed since the early 1980s, our database only includes full data from 2004 so we can only answer from that time onward.

We would appreciate if you could clarify your request as outlined above.

Cheers

Antony Paltridge
Team Leader (Media and External Relations) | Communication Services
Ministry of Justice
DDI: +64 4 918 8980 | Ext 58980 | Mob +64 27 689 0667
www.justice.govt.nz

-----Original Message-----
From: correspondence, official
Sent: Monday, 5 March 2018 8:54 a.m.
To: Shannon Marshall <[FOI #7376 email]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Family Court History

Good morning,

Acknowledging receipt of your request for information under the Official Information Act 1982. You can expect a response on or before 3 April 2018.

With regard to who you should contact at the NZ Police about investigating a white collar crime (potential fraud), I suggest you go to the following NZ police link:
http://www.police.govt.nz/contact-us/how...

Kind regards,
Claire

Claire O'Connor
Advisor | Official Correspondence
Communications
Ministry of Justice | Tāhū o te Ture

-----Original Message-----
From: Shannon Marshall [mailto:[FOI #7376 email]]
Sent: Sunday, 4 March 2018 9:54 p.m.
To: correspondence, official <[Ministry of Justice request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Family Court History

Dear Ministry of Justice,

Can you please advise how many days the longest recorded family court case in NZ has been? If you have a list of the top 8 cases and how many days they went for it would be much appreciated.

Also, who would I contact at the NZ Police about investigating a white collar crime (potential fraud)?

Yours faithfully,

Shannon Marshall

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Good morning Ms Marshall,

Thank you for clarifying your request. This resets the date of your request to 14 May, and you can expect a response to your request on or before 12 June 2018.

Kind regards,
Claire

Claire O'Connor
Advisor | Official Correspondence
Communications
Ministry of Justice | Tāhū o te Ture

-----Original Message-----
From: Shannon Marshall [mailto:[FYI request #7376 email]]
Sent: Monday, 14 May 2018 10:36 p.m.
To: correspondence, official <[Ministry of Justice request email]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Family Court History

Dear correspondence, official,

Thank you for the response. I am specifically interested in the length of cases in the family court relating to relationship property.

Yours sincerely,

Shannon Marshall

-----Original Message-----

Hi Shannon

Further to Claire's email this morning, under section 15A of the OIA, we'd like to clarify your request.

The Family Court deals with applications and cases under a variety of legislation dealing with the care of children, relationship property, dissolution of marriages and civil unions, guardianship, Hague Convention, and care and protection proceedings.

We wondered if you were particularly interested in applications under the Care of Children Act? It would be good if you could specify what types of matters you're interested in.

Also, it might be easier to frame your request in terms of the length of time taken to deal with "applications". The reason is that "cases" will be reopened if new applications are received (e.g., for a parenting order) and for some matters, e.g., care and protection proceedings (under the Oranga Tamariki Act) are reopened at least once each year for a review, until discharged or the young person turns 18. In other words, a "case" might take a long time because it is required by law to be regularly reviewed.

While the Family Court has existed since the early 1980s, our database only includes full data from 2004 so we can only answer from that time onward.

We would appreciate if you could clarify your request as outlined above.

Cheers

Antony Paltridge
Team Leader (Media and External Relations) | Communication Services Ministry of Justice
DDI: +64 4 918 8980 | Ext 58980 | Mob +64 27 689 0667 www.justice.govt.nz

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Hi Shannon

 

Please find attached a response to your OIA request regarding Family Court
applications.

 

Regards

 

Antony

 

   

[1]Description: Description: Description: Antony Paltridge
http://justice.govt.nz/courts/shared/jus...
Team Leader (Media and
External Relations) |
Communication Services
DDI: +64 4 918 8980 |
Ext 58980 | Mob +64 27
689 0667

[2]www.justice.govt.nz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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