De Facto Relationships (or Maybe Not) in New Zealand

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De Facto Relationships (or Maybe Not) in New Zealand

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Otago University Research Archive

Description

The New Zealand Property (Relationships) Amendment Act 2001 signified a radical shift in New Zealand relationship property law, by extending matrimonial property principles to de facto relationships. In this article, the author analyses the legislation and distills some general jurisprudential principles to determine whether the courts are giving effect to Parliament’s intent and society’s expectations. The article concludes that the inclusion of de facto relationships under the property shar...

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Research paper

Research format

Scholarly text / Journal article

Thesis level

Article

Date created

2008

Creator

Peart, Nicola

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/9264

Related subjects

Property Law / Relationship Property / Marriage / New Zealand

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