Brown v Brown - [1982] 1 NZLR 513

Matrimonial property — Discretion to treat separate property as matrimonial property — Husband sold matrimonial home after the parties had separated and before 1976 Act came into force — He used the proceeds in the purchase of another house for himself — Whether wife entitled to claim a half share in proceeds of sale — Matrimonial Property Act 1976, s 9(4).