Family Law – Family Property is designed to give family lawyers clear and concise guidance on problems commonly faced over the organisation and division of property within relationships, when relationships end and after death.

Family Law – Family Property also provides a practical guide for legal practitioners involved in relationship property planning and proceedings, estate and trust administration, wills, family protection and testamentary claims.

The team of authors who update this service brings together experience and knowledge both from an academic and legal practice perspective. This is used to give Family Law – Family Property a focus on providing practical assistance through outlining and analysing the steps that need to be taken by claimants, administrators and people served with proceedings.

Information is presented as a combination of narrative essays and commentary on a section-by-section basis for all important legislation; this includes the:

• Administration Act 1969;
• Family Proceedings Act 1980, pts 6–8 and 11;
• Family Protection Act 1955
• Law Reform (Testamentary Promises Act 1949;
• Property (Relationships) Act 1976;
• Succession (Homicide) Act 2007;
• Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993, pts 3A and 4;
• Trusts Act 2019; and
• Wills Act 2007.

There are also the usual legislative tables, table of cases and a subject index.

This work is available in looseleaf, online and as an eReference (in ProView).

Property (Relationships) Act

• Overview of Property (Relationships) Act 1976
• Property (Relationships) Act 1976

Succession

• Overview of Succession Law
• Administration Act 1969

Family Protection

• Introduction to the Family Protection Act 1955
• Family Protection Act 1955

Testamentary Promises

• Introduction to the Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 1949
• Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act 1949

Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993/Maori Land Act 1993

• Introduction to Succession to Māori Land
• Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 – pts 3A and 4

Succession (Homicide) Act

• Introduction to the Succession (Homicide) Act 2007
• Succession (Homicide) Act 2007

Trusts

• Introduction to the Trusts Act 2019
• Trusts Act 2019

Adult Maintenance

• Introduction to Maintenance
• Family Proceedings Act 1980 – pts 6–8 and 11
• Procedure for Domestic Maintenance

Wills

• Introduction to the Wills Act 2007
• Wills Act 2007

Related Legislation

Practice Notes

Other

• Legislative Tables
• Table of Cases
• Subject Index

Citation

This product may be cited as follows:

• Online: Nicola Peart (ed) Family Law – Family Property (online ed, Thomson Reuters).
• ProView: Nicola Peart (ed) Family Law – Family Property (eBook ed, Thomson Reuters).
• Looseleaf: Nicola Peart (ed) Family Law – Family Property (looseleaf ed, Thomson Reuters).