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Housekeeping payments and allowances taken to be joint property

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Part 2Separate legal status of married persons

7 Housekeeping payments and allowances taken to be joint property

If a married person makes a payment or gives an allowance to the person's spouse to pay their joint household expenses (or for similar purposes), any property bought with the payment or allowance and any money not spent from the payment or allowance is, in the absence of an agreement to the contrary between the person and the person's spouse, taken to be the joint property of the person and the person's spouse.

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