12 Mar

When can a Beneficiary’s interest in a Trust be Relationship Property?

March 12, 2020
By Fortune Manning Lawyers

If a spouse or partner is a beneficiary of a trust, then that interest may be of a type sufficient to constitute "property" and capable...

26 Dec

Relationship Property

Trust Busting: The Case of Clayton v Clayton

March 12, 2020
By Fortune Manning Lawyers

Family trusts are a popular way of protecting property and managing assets. By transferring the ownership of assets to a trust, a settl...

26 Dec

Relationship Property

Relationship Property After Death

March 12, 2020
By Fortune Manning Lawyers

Most people are aware that the Property (Relationships) Act ("the Act") is a statutory regime which classifies property as relationship...

26 Dec

Relationship Property

Transferring Assets to a Trust during a Relationship

March 12, 2020
By Fortune Manning Lawyers

Family trusts are widely used in New Zealand. They can be set up to achieve a number of purposes but to what extent can trusts be used ...

26 Dec

Relationship Property

Relationship Property and Trusts

March 12, 2020
By Fortune Manning Lawyers

Relationship property law divides assets into relationship property which, subject to certain exceptions, is divided equally on separat...

26 Dec

Relationship Property

Relationship Property Agreements

March 12, 2020
By Fortune Manning Lawyers

The Property (Relationships) Act sets out the rules as to what is relationship property and what is separate property and how relations...

26 Dec

Relationship Property

“Relationship Property” or “Separate Property”

March 12, 2020
By Fortune Manning Lawyers

The Property (Relationships) Act provides a set of legal rules which determine whether property is relationship property or separate pr...

26 Dec

Relationship Property

What’s Mine is Not (Necessarily) Yours: Inheritances and Relationship Property

March 12, 2020
By Fortune Manning Lawyers

Married people and people who have been in a de facto relationship for three years or more face a difficult decision when they come to ...

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