Relationship
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Relationship
Marital status
Eligible transferee
Matrimonial property
Conditions of transfer
Conclusion - exempt
Conclusion - liable
Type of relationship
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- Is or was the relationship:
Explanation
A domestic relationship is defined as:
a close personal relationship (other than a de facto relationship) between 2 adults, whether or not related by family, who are living together, and where one or both of whom provides the other with domestic support and personal care.
For the purposes of Section 4AA of the Family Law Act 1975 a person is in a de facto relationship with another person if:
a) the persons are not legally married to each other; and
b) the persons are not related by family and
c) having regard to all the circumstances of their relationship, they have a relationship as a couple living together on a genuine domestic basis.
Note:this includes same sex couples.
Read more on domestic relationship in Sections 4 & 5 of the Property (Relationships) Act 1984.
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