76516 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Berlin Outer Ring
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Note can be separated for years prior to divorce. Hardship test is pretty broad - richardson: court needs to determine the legal and equitable titles to the property. Also determine the financial resources: court must separately ask: is it just and equitable to make an order? s79(2)/90sm(the. Cou(cid:396)t (cid:373)ust (cid:374)ot (cid:271)egi(cid:374) (cid:862)f(cid:396)o(cid:373) the assu(cid:373)ptio(cid:374) that o(cid:374)e othe(cid:396) pa(cid:396)ty has the (cid:396)ight to a(cid:374) i(cid:374)te(cid:396)est i(cid:374) (cid:373)a(cid:396)ital p(cid:396)ope(cid:396)ty(cid:863). 3): bevan, watson and ling, chancellor & mccoy, fielding v nichol, if so, then the s79(4)(a)-(c)/ 90sm(4)(d)-(g) factors become relevant - assess the pa(cid:396)ties(cid:859) contributions. Mallet: hct rejected a starting point of equal division. What sort of contributions are relevant: s. 79(4) (a) financial contributions to property. Financial contributions made directly or indirectly by or on behalf of a party to the marriage to the acquisition, conservation or improvement of any of the property of the parties. (b) non-financial contributions to property.
