When Child Support gets in the way of a holiday…
Imagine being at the airport, neck pillow, passport and tickets in hand, looking forward to your holiday overseas only to find yourself stopped from travelling for failing to pay Child Support. Media...
View ArticleKeeping Yourself Covered – Protecting Your Contracting Out Agreement
After years of careful saving and contributing to Kiwisaver, Murdoch was excited about buying his first home. On learning that Murdoch’s partner was going to be living in the home with him, Murdoch’s...
View ArticleKeeping Yourself Covered – Protecting Gifts from Parents
Rebecca was struggling – she was facing all the usual challenges of a being a first-time mother to a three months old baby. She was also contemplating separating from Alvin, her de facto partner of...
View ArticleKeeping Yourself Covered – Helping the Kids buy a Home
Miranda and Simon’s daughter, Miria, is a very fortunate young lady. Miria is about to achieve what we are told is the unachievable in Auckland – she is buying her first home. She is fortunate because...
View ArticleA Man on a Mission
It’s not every day that you meet someone who is putting everything out there to make a significant difference to New Zealanders’ lives. Last night I got to meet such a person – Sam from Toughtalk. Sam...
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Guest Blog: Sam from Toughtalk
Last week I blogged about the work of Sam, a clinical psychologist and founder of Toughtalk. Toughtalk’s mission is to improve the mental health record in this country and one of the ways it does this...
View ArticleKeeping the Temperature on Conflict Down
Samantha was angry. I knew this not just because she said it. I could see it exuding from her in the way she sat – jaw clenched, tears welling – to the way she spat the words out when she spoke of her...
View ArticleTen years of The Family Lawyer!
Ten years! Hard to believe but this blog has been quietly ticking along for ten years. Phew – where did those ten years go? At Family Law Results, this week we’ve been celebrating by sharing our...
View ArticleLess Acrimony and Delays – solving the problems of the Family Justice System
When they separated, Tane and Imelda could agree on two things – they did not want to end up in Family Court and they did not want their separation to become a battle ground that their children had to...
View Article“My Relationship was Short – Will my Ex Get Half my House?”
Last week, I wrote about Sean the whirlwind. His marriage to Amanda had lasted 18 months and he wanted an annulment. He was also concerned that Amanda may bring a relationship property claim to half...
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