NZ: CYF against opening up Family Court 

NZ: CYF against opening up Family Court

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CYF against opening up Family Court

Child Youth and Family not welcoming calls for secrecy surrounding Family Court proceedings to be removed

27 March 2004

Calls to remove the secrecy surrounding the Family Court are not being welcomed by Child Youth and Family.

Principal Family Court judge Peter Boshier has said it is time to make the Family Court more accessible to the media and wider family members.

CYF spokeswoman Shannon Pakura says the custody and the guardianship of children and their circumstances need to be protected.

She says consideration needs to be given to whether details of cases have to be put in the public arena.

Ms Pakura says the Family Court deals with vulnerable children, and CYF aims to ensure these children are not disadvantaged.


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