PROPERTY LAW ACT 1974 - SECT 277
Other cohabitation or separation agreements may be considered
PROPERTY LAW ACT 1974 - SECT 277
Other cohabitation or separation agreements may be considered
277 Other cohabitation or separation agreements may be considered
(1) This section applies if, on an application for a property adjustment
order, a court is—
(a) satisfied there is a cohabitation or separation
agreement of the de facto partners; and
(b) not satisfied the agreement is a
recognised agreement.
(2) The court may make any order it could have made if
there were no cohabitation or separation agreement.
(3) However, in making
its order, the court may consider the agreement’s provisions on financial
matters, in addition to the matters the court is required to consider under
division 4 , subdivision 2 .
