Hartley v Hartley - [1986] 2 NZLR 64

Matrimonial property — Separate property — Increase in value of separate property "attributable wholly or in part" to the actions of the other spouse — Whether, if the increase is due in part to the actions of the other spouse, the entire increase becomes matrimonial property — Matrimonial Property Act 1976, s 9(3).

Matrimonial property — Agreement under s 21 — After reconciliation following a short separation, husband and wife entered into an agreement settling their matrimonial property interests — When the parties finally separated five years later, wife sought to set agreement aside — Whether agreement related to future-acquired property — Whether it would be unjust to give effect to the agreement — Matrimonial Property Act 1976, s 21.