Family Proceedings Act 1980, ss 64, 70B
The responsibilities and criteria for maintaining a de facto partner are the same as those set out above for a spouse or civil union partner, except the responsibility is to maintain a de facto partner at the end of the relationship only, not during the relationship.
Family Proceedings Act 1980, s 70B
If the de facto relationship has lasted less than three years, a Maintenance Order cannot be made unless:
there is a child of the de facto relationship, or
the de facto partner has made a substantial contribution to the de facto relationship, and
the court is satisfied that not making the order would result in serious injustice (be very unfair) to the claimant partner.
No maintenance if “repugnant to justice”
Family Proceedings Act 1980, s 66
The judge may decide not to order any maintenance if the person claiming it has acted particularly badly so that it would be wrong (the law uses the phrase “repugnant to justice”) to order it.