Intermittent stays at a deceased's residence for the purpose of providing domestic care, where the applicant maintains a separate permanent residence and independent employment, do not constitute 'living together' for the purposes of either a de facto relationship (s 57(1)(b)) or a close personal relationship (s 57(1)(f)) under the Succession Act 2006 (NSW). A person who maintains the capacity and willingness to provide for themselves independently is not 'wholly or partly dependent' on the deceased for the purposes of s 57(1)(e), even where the deceased provides some financial support. Membership of a household requires continuity and permanency of mutual living arrangements, not merely intermittent visits.
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