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Court of Appeal Wellington
10, 22 March 1977
Richmond P, Woodhouse and Cooke JJ
10, 22 March 1977
Richmond P, Woodhouse and Cooke JJ
Husband and wife — Joint tenants — Writ issued more than one year after dissolution of marriage seeking a partition or sale of the former matrimonial home held by them as joint tenants — Question whether rights of parties governed by the Matrimonial Property Act 1963 or Property Law Act 1952 - Matrimonial Property Act 1963, ss 5, 5A and 7(6).
Property law — Real property and chattels real — Partition — Joint tenancy of former matrimonial home to be decided under s 5 of Matrimonial Property Act 1963 — Property Law Act 1952, s 140.