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Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Provisions relating to procedure in respect of proceedings under Parts 2 and 3A - Mediation conferences

177: Presiding Judge may hear subsequent proceedings

You could also call this:

"The Judge in charge can also hear other parts of your case, but they can choose someone else if it's better."

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If you go to a mediation conference at the Family Court, the Judge who is in charge of the conference can also hear any other parts of the case. The Judge can decide not to hear the rest of the case if they think it would be better for someone else to hear it. You or the other people involved in the case can also ask the Judge not to hear the rest of the case if you think it would be better for someone else to hear it.

This rule is similar to one in the 1986 act. The Judge will make a decision based on what they think is best. You can find more information about this by looking at the rules that the Judge follows.

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Part 3Provisions relating to procedure in respect of proceedings under Parts 2 and 3A
Mediation conferences

177Presiding Judge may hear subsequent proceedings

  1. The Family Court Judge who presides over a mediation conference shall be entitled to hear any subsequent proceedings under the application in respect of which the conference was held unless in all the circumstances the Judge decides, of that Judge's own motion or on application by any party,—

  2. that it would be inappropriate for that Judge to do so; or
    1. that there is some other sufficient reason for the application to be heard by another Judge.

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