Trusts are pretty common in New Zealand. They are popular for all sorts of purposes, from minimising income tax, to making sure your family doesn’t lose a roof over its head if your business fails. One purpose that continues to be popular in NZ is to move property out of […] Read More›
Family & Relationship Property
This post assumes you know that when parties separate (permanently) they divide-up their relationship property, and that you have a rough idea of when property is or isn’t relationship property. This post is about when your separate property becomes relationship property. Something you already owned before your relationship began is […] Read More›
The title of this article is a real life situation for people. The finalisation of their separation* is some way off, but something needs to be done with/to the property in the meantime. Where the parties to the relationship both have the money and are willing to pay for their […] Read More›
We recently wrote a piece about how income from employment during a relationship is relationship property, and that this is an aspect of the policy that the fruits of a shared life should be shared equally. Well another aspect of NZ’s relationship property law is that it does not police […] Read More›