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Ms Ruth Ballantyne

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Department: Faculty of Law

Email: ruth.ballantyne@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3691147

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Language: English

Ruth's work advocates for better legal recognition of diverse families and whānau within Aotearoa.
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Fields of Research

  • Child Law
  • Assisted Human Reproduction
  • Family Dispute Resolution
  • Relationship Property
  • Youth Justice

Researcher Summary

Ruth joined the UC School of Law in September 2019 and specializes in child and family law. She has particular research interests in birth certificates, family violence, surrogacy, child poverty, relocation, paternity, intercountry adoption, and family finances. She is a passionate advocate for making family law more inclusive of diverse family and whānau structures within Aotearoa and upholding the rights of children.

Ruth is the author of the Family Law Student Companion (2nd ed), and has contributed to a variety of other publications, including the Feminist Judgments of Aotearoa New Zealand: Te Rino – A Two-Stranded Rope, Family Law in New Zealand (19th ed), and Family Law Policy in New Zealand (5th ed).

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Law: Family Law

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

  • Ballantyne R. and Henaghan M. (2021) International child abduction, intercountry adoption, and international commercial surrogacy. In Eekelaar J; George R (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Family Law and Policy (2nd ed.): 403-421. Oxon: Routledge. (Chapters)
  • Henaghan M., Atkin B., Ballantyne R., Burnhill S., Caldwell J. and Swadling K. (2020) Family law in New Zealand. (19 ed.). Wellington: LexisNexis. 1423. (Authored Books)
  • Taylor N. and Ballantyne R. (2020) Protecting Children, Families, and Whānau from Family Violence. Family Law Policy in New Zealand (5 ed.): 99-147. Wellington: LexisNexis. (Chapters)
  • Ballantyne R. and Henaghan M. (2018) “Nigel Lowe and International Family Law: An Immense Contribution”. In Douglas G; Murch M; Stephens V (Ed.), International and National Perspectives on Child and Family Law: Essays in Honour of Nigel Lowe: 247-258. Cambridge, UK: Intersentia. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781780687001. (Chapters)
  • Ballantyne R. (2017) Caldwell v Caldwell [Relocation]. Feminist Judgments of Aotearoa New Zealand Te Rino: A Two-Stranded Rope: 211-221.Bloomsbury Publishing. (Chapters)
  • Henaghan M., Atkin B., Clarkson D., Caldwell J., Swadling K., Ballantyne R. and Burnhill S. (2017) Family law in New Zealand. (18 ed.). Wellington: LexisNexis. 1418. (Authored Books)
  • Sanders J., Munford R., Ballantyne R., Henaghan M., Allison R. and Jackson R. (2017) Conditional openness: young people define practices for successful child protection interventions. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 39(3): 261-278. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2017.1351738. (Journal Articles)
  • Henaghan M., Ballantyne R. and Helm D. (2016) Genes versus gestation: Protecting the interests of surrogate mothers. In Henaghan M; Wall J (Ed.), Law, ethics, and medicine: Essays in honour of Peter Skegg: 266-292. Wellington: Thomson Reuters. (Chapters)
  • Sanders J., Munford R., Liebenberg L., Jalota N., Severinsen C., Swift D., Prujean B., Ballantyne R. and Henaghan M. (2016) Young females in the court system.School of Social Work, Massey University. Commissioned by Principal Youth Court Judge. 34. (Reports)
  • Henaghan M. and Ballantyne R. (2015) Bill Atkin: A Fierce Defender of Children's Rights and Proponent of Child-Focused Legislation. Victoria University of Wellington Law Review 46(3): 591-591. http://dx.doi.org/10.26686/vuwlr.v46i3.4912. (Journal Articles)
  • Henaghan M. and Ballantyne R. (2015) Child poverty in New Zealand: A contravention of Articles 6 and 27 of the Convention of the Rights of the Child. Stellenbosch Law Review 26(2): 380-398. (Journal Articles)
  • Henaghan M. and Ballantyne R. (2015) Children's dispute resolution: A New Zealand perspective. In Lynch K; Scully-Hill A (Ed.), International perspectives on disputes about children and child protection: Collected essays on parental responsibility and children's dispute resolution: 137-159. Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong. (Chapters)
  • Henaghan M. and Ballantyne R. (2015) New Zealand: Recent changes to the division of relationship property in New Zealand: A new way forward? In Atkin B (Ed.), International Survey of Family Law: 229-245. Bristol: Jordan. (Chapters)
  • Henaghan M., Atkin B., Caldwell J., Clarkson D., Swadling K. and Ballantyne R. (2015) Family Law in New Zealand. (17 ed.). Wellington: LexisNexis. 1370. (Authored Books)
  • Ballantyne R. (2014) Butterworths Student Companion Family Law. (2nd ed ed.). Wellington: LexisNexis. (Authored Books)
  • Ballantyne R. (2014) International child abduction, intercountry adoption and international commercial surrogacy. In Eekelaar J; George R (Ed.), Routledge handbook of family law and policy: 383-400. Abingdon: Routledge. (Chapters)
  • Henaghan M. and Ballantyne R. (2014) New Zealand: Child poverty in New Zealand: De􀁄nitions, consequences, and possible legislative responses. In Atkin B (Ed.), International survey of family law: 376-394. Bristol: Family Law. (Chapters)
  • Henaghan M. and Ballantyne R. (2013) New Zealand: 2013: A time of change in New Zealand family law: Marriage equality, international surrogacy and ongoing changes to the family court. In Atkin B; Banda F (Ed.), International survey of family law: 291-304. Bristol: Family Law. (Chapters)
  • Henaghan M., Righarts S., Latu A. and Ballantyne R. (2012) Property (Relationships) Amendment Act 2001 and retirement: Are separated women more disadvantaged than men?University of Otago. Commissioned by Commission for Financial Literacy and Retirement Income. 79. (Reports)
  • Henaghan M. and Ballantyne R. (2010) Legal responses to violence in the home in New Zealand. University of New South Wales Law Journal 33(3): 870-894. (Journal Articles)

Affiliations

  • International Society of Family Law (Professional Organisation): Member
  • New Zealand Law Society (Professional Organisation): Associate Member
  • New Zealand Law Society Family Law Section (Professional Organisation): Associate Member
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