Declarations about existence of de facto relationships
90RD Declarations about existence of de facto relationships
If:
an application is made for an order under section 90SE, 90SG or 90SM, or a declaration under section 90SL; and
a claim is made, in support of the application, that a de facto relationship existed between the applicant and another person;
the court may, for the purposes of those proceedings (the primary proceedings), declare that a de facto relationship existed, or never existed, between those 2 persons.
A declaration under subsection (1) of the existence of a de facto relationship may also declare any or all of the following:
the period, or periods, of the de facto relationship for the purposes of paragraph 90SB(a);
whether there is a child of the de facto relationship;
whether one of the parties to the de facto relationship made substantial contributions of a kind mentioned in paragraph 90SM(4)(a), (b) or (c);
when the de facto relationship ended;
where each of the parties to the de facto relationship was ordinarily resident during the de facto relationship.
For child of a de facto relationship, see section 90RB.
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