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DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE ACT 2007 (NO 34 OF 2007) - SECT 8 Economic abuse

DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE ACT 2007 (NO 34 OF 2007) - SECT 8

Economic abuse

"Economic abuse", of a person, includes any of the following conduct (or any combination of them):

    (a)     coercing the person to relinquish control over assets or income;

Example of coercion for paragraph (a)

Using stand-over tactics to obtain the person's credit card.

    (b)     unreasonably disposing of property (whether owned by the person or owned jointly with the person or someone else) without consent;

    (c)     unreasonably preventing the person from taking part in decisions over household expenditure or the disposition of joint property;

    (d)     withholding money reasonably necessary for the maintenance of the person or a child of the person.