CJ B v MVB - SC 1/2009

Civil – family law – Property (Relationships) Act 1908 – parties ended a de facto relationship but subsequently married and later separated again – Court of Appeal held that, for the purposes of s 4C of the Act, the parties’ marriage was not a continuation of their de facto relationship – whether the Court of Appeal was correct to apply a different yardstick in deciding whether a relationship had come to an end for married and de facto couples during a period of temporary separation.[2008] NZCA 520  CA 412/2008 2 December 2008