Reform of family violence law : Paper 2. Family violence civil law. Cabinet paper Amy Adams, Ministry of Justice
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Paper presented to the Cabinet Social Policy Committee. Publicly released cabinet paper, September 2016.
This is the second of three papers prepared for Cabinet, seeking agreement to reforms to the law applying to family violence, following the review of family violence legislation. It seeks agreement to changes to the civil law relating to family violence, in particular the Domestic Violence Act 1995 (DVA) and the Care of Children Act 2004 (COCA). (From the paper). Paper 1 sets the context and Paper 3 relates to criminal law. Follow the links to the website for background information including the report - Safer sooner: Strengthening New Zealand's family violence laws (#5158) and the other cabinet papers. Follow the link to the NZFVC news item on these law reforms. Record #5181