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s 14

Time limit for making application

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Part 2Power of Courts to declare existence of relationships, to declare and adjust interests in property, and make maintenance orders
Division 3Orders for adjustment of interests in property

14 Time limit for making application

(1)

Subject to subsection (2), where de facto partners have ended their de facto relationship, an application under section 13(1) must be made before the expiry of a period of 2 years beginning with the day after that on which the relationship ended.

(2)

A court may grant leave to a de facto partner to make an application under section 13(1) at any time after the period allowed by subsection (1) if the court is satisfied that greater hardship would be caused to that partner by refusing leave than would be caused to the other partner by granting it.

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