Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00859:section:4:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00859
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 4/18)
Character Range: 38195–40976

after the breakdown of their de facto relationship; or
 (b) proceedings between:
 (i) a party to a de facto relationship; and
 (ii) the bankruptcy trustee of a bankrupt party to the de facto relationship;
  with respect to the maintenance of the first‑mentioned party after the breakdown of the de facto relationship; or
 (c) proceedings between the parties to a de facto relationship with respect to the distribution, after the breakdown of the de facto relationship, of the property of the parties or either of them; or
 (d) proceedings between:
 (i) a party to a de facto relationship; and
 (ii) the bankruptcy trustee of a bankrupt party to the de facto relationship;
  with respect to the distribution, after the breakdown of the de facto relationship, of any vested bankruptcy property in relation to the bankrupt party; or
 (e) without limiting any of the preceding paragraphs, proceedings with respect to a Part VIIIAB financial agreement that are between any combination of:
 (i) the parties to that agreement; and
 (ii) the legal personal representatives of any of those parties who have died;
  (including a combination consisting solely of parties or consisting solely of representatives); or
 (f) third party proceedings (as defined in section 4B) to set aside a Part VIIIAB financial agreement; or
 (g) any other proceedings (including proceedings with respect to the enforcement of a decree or the service of process) in relation to concurrent, pending or completed proceedings of a kind referred to in any of the preceding paragraphs.
de facto property settlement or maintenance proceedings means proceedings with respect to:
 (a) the distribution of the property of the parties to a de facto relationship or of either of them; or
 (b) the distribution of the vested bankruptcy property in relation to a bankrupt party to a de facto relationship; or
 (c) the maintenance of a party to a de facto relationship.
de facto relationship has the meaning given by section 4AA.
Department, in Subdivision C of Division 8 of Part VII, means a Department of State of the Commonwealth.
designated family report: see section 11J.
distribute:
 (a) in relation to:
 (i) property, and financial resources, of the parties to a de facto relationship or either of them; or
 (ii) vested bankruptcy property in relation to a bankrupt party to a de facto relationship;
  includes conferring rights or obligations in relation to the property or financial resources; and
 (b) in relation to a Part VIIIAB financial agreement, has a meaning affected by subsection 90UI(3).
divorce means the termination of a marriage otherwise than by the death of a party to the marriage.
Note: Annulment does not involve the termination of a marriage but simply a declaration that a purported marriage is