3 Dec 2021
PAUL v MEAD [2021] NZCA 649
- Citation
- [2021] NZCA 649
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The PRA does not recognise polyamorous relationships as a single qualifying relationship, but the Family Court has jurisdiction to determine property claims dyadically: where two persons within a wider polyamorous relationship meet the statutory tests for marriage, civil union or a de facto relationship, the PRA applies between those two persons (marriage is not ended merely because spouses enter a polyamorous relationship and s 2D can be satisfied within multi‑partner living arrangements).