TY - SER AU - Richardson, Ivor TI - Family Courts: some questions for consideration SN - 1350-27 PY - 2000/// CY - Wellington PB - Butterworths KW - FVC KW - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE KW - FAMILY COURT KW - FAMILY LAW KW - JUSTICE KW - LEGISLATION KW - POLICY KW - NEW ZEALAND N1 - Butterworths Family Law Journal 3(5) March 2000 : 113-119; nz N2 - This article presents an address given by Sir Ivor Richardson at a Family Courts Conference, held in 1999 in Auckland. It discusses several matters concerning Family Courts. Among these is the need for Family Courts to develop family law expertise at the appellate level, the procedure for developing legislative policy and legislation, making reference to the Domestic Violence Act (1995), and legal aid matters ER -