26 Sept 2014
MARTIN v ESTATE OF MARSH [2014] NZHC 2354
- Citation
- [2014] NZHC 2354
- Court
- High Court
The High Court affirmed the Family Court: on the whole evidence and applying s 2D(2) holistically the parties did not live together as a couple in the relevant period; although the appellant stayed with the deceased at times (and some cohabitation occurred 2000–2004), there was no sufficient merger of lives, financial interdependence, or public reputation of a couple to constitute a de facto relationship for 2000–2009; the appellant did not discharge the burden on the balance of probabilities, appeal dismissed.