It is important to know that you cannot dissolve your marriage or civil union (if either apply to you) unless you have been living apart for at least two years. Read more about dissolution of a marriage or civil union.
You can apply for dissolution and dissolve your marriage or civil union in New Zealand (even if the ceremony was held overseas) if:
you and your spouse have been separated and living apart for at least two years (this can include brief periods of living together for a total of up to three months but the court must be satisfied that these were attempts at getting back together) and
“The court may not make an order under subsection (1) unless it is satisfied,—
(a) in the case of a marriage or civil union,—
(i) that the spouses or civil union partners are living apart (whether or not they have continued to live in the same residence) or are separated; or....”作者: chrise 时间: 2023-11-9 14:39:39
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Do we have to live apart to be considered separated?
No. You can still be separated even if you continue to live in the same house (sometimes even if you have to continue sharing a room).
However, it could be harder to prove to the court that you were in fact separated for that time. It’s helpful if you can explain why the arrangement was a temporary solution (e.g., you couldn’t break a fixed-term lease). You can also rely on other evidence – for example, if you had divided your finances, if you had started sleeping in a guest room, or if you had told your wider community that you had separated.
If the parties are eventually seeking joint application for dissolution of marriage in the Family Court, they will have to separate over two years before such applications can be lodged under the PRA 1976.
There is no statutory defnition of the word "separation". The case laws often suggest what constitute separation should be decided on a case by case situation.
Separation can be made by written agreement such as a s21 agreement or by oral separation. In the case of oral separation, the parties can live under the same rooftop, i.e. in separate rooms or they can even agree orally of the form and manner their separation should take place.
Therefore, it is not correct to say that separation is being "negotiated" but rather the parties have decided together what form of separation they will take for the time to start ticking through the period of two years before applications can be made with the family court for dissolution of marriage. 作者: apple0806 时间: 2024-4-29 17:38:05
rzha005 发表于 2023-11-16 17:49
Let me clarify a bit more here.
If the parties are eventually seeking joint application for diss ...