Tag: property distribution after death

Partial Property Distribution [caption id="attachment_15981" align="alignright" width="350"] Partial Property Distribution[/caption] Sections 79 and 80(1)(h) of the Family Law Act confer power on the Court to make orders for an interim property settlement including for litigation. Funding The relevant legal principles that apply are as follows: (1) Section 79 confers a discrete power to make orders for property settlement and the Court may exercise that power through a succession of orders until the power is exhausted or until a final order...