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VIDEO · 21 OCTOBER 2024

A short case about a short de facto relationship

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Justine Woods
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Hello, hello, everyone. I'm Justine Woods. I'm the family law partner at Cooper Grace Ward. And today, I thought I would talk about a short case regarding a short de facto relationship.

Henry and Cuso case

And it's a very neat, plain case. This is not a complicated video today. This is about a case of Henry and Cuso where the parties were married for two years. Incontrovertible, and as some nice High Court authority says, a wedding certificate is very straightforward proof of what's occurred. The complexity in their matter is that they admitted that they'd met in 1991 and had dated for a period of time. The wife then said, and I must say, it's often the wives who say this, but not always, said that from 1994 until 2004, they were in an on and off again de facto relationship. And so, in relying upon periods of cohabitation over that span of time, plus their marriage for two years, she applied for a property settlement of 40%. Now, this is a

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