Family Law
Page Contents:
Legislation and case law |
Government departments and agencies |
Organisations |
Commentary | Conventions | Other jurisdictions
Commentary | Conventions | Other jurisdictions
Legislation and case law
Legislation
- Legislation - Family Court of New Zealand
- LegislationNZ
- New Zealand Legislation - NZ Acts, Bills and Regulations are available free, and downloadable
Case law
- Decisions and Practice Notes are availble from the Family Court website
Government departments and agencies
- Child, Youth and Family Te Tari Awhina i te Tamati, te Rangatahi, tai atu ki te Whanau
- Family and community services Ratanga a-whanau, a-hapari - a division of the Ministry of Social Development
- Family Court of New Zealand te Kooti a Whanau o Aotearoa
- Ministry of Youth Development Te Manatu Whakahiato Taiohi
- Ministry of Social Development Te Manatu Whakahiato Ora
- SPEaR - Social Policy Evaluation and Research Committee
- Working for Families Me whakaruruhau te iwi
- Children's Commissioner Manaakitia A Tatou Tamariki
- Strengthening families Whakakaha whanau
Organisations
Commentary
- Agenda for Children
- Child abduction homepage of the Hague Conference
- Information and publications - from the Ministry of Justice Tahu o te Ture
- Law Access has sources listed under Family & personal
- Family law publications from the Ministry of Justice
- Social Report - Ministry of Social Development
Conventions
- International protection of children, family and property relations
- Convention on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition, enforcement and co-operation in respect of parental responsibility and measures for the protection of children
- Convention on protection of children and co-operation in respect of intercountry adoption
- Convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction
- UNCROC - United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child - from the Child Youth and Family website
Other jurisdictions
Australia
- Australian Institute of Family Studies
- Family law sources from AustLII
- Family Court of Australia
- Family Law Council - part of the Commonwealth Attorney-General's website
- Family Law Section - from the Law Council of Australia
- Family Relationships Online
- FindLaw Australia - Family
Canada
- Family law includes selected Canadian family law cases
- Family Law Centre
- Canadian legislation is available from Justice Laws (searchable) and browsable by topic from Legislation Canada
United Kingdom
- England and Wales High Court (Family Division) Decisions from BAILII
- Family Law Week - latest UK family law cases, news
United States
- Administration for Children and Families
- Child protection/health
- Crimes Against Children Research Center - University of New Hampshire
- Family issues
- Family Law Code - state by state legislation
- Matrimonial and family laws locator from Cornell's LII
- Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act 1997



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