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).