RELATIONSHIP PROPERTY AND TRUSTS

GERALD NATION, PARTNER
(October 2010)
INTRODUCTION
1.1 The thinking behind the Property (Relationships) Act 1976 ("the Act") is that marriages and de facto
relationships of more than three years are a partnership. Partners in the normal course of events
contribute equally, often in different ways. Economic contributions are not to be valued higher than
non-financial contributions. As a result it is the policy of this legislation that the wealth
accumulated in the relationship should be shared equally when the relationship ends, whether it be
through separation or through the death of one of the partners.

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