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  • 1 Sept 2020

    HOLMES v CROMBIE [2020] NZHC 2262

    Citation
    [2020] NZHC 2262
    Court
    High Court

    The High Court upheld the Family Court judgment: Montgomery Place was relationship property due to intermingling of separate funds with joint relationship property (s10(2)), subject only to the respondent's concession to repay $90,811.64; the additional $10,000 deposit and $15,550.42 Bonus Bonds were not proven to be separate property; the $7,809.44 withdrawal from the joint account remained relationship property and must be returned to the pool; claims for missing chattels lacked sufficient evidence to award a specific sum; and services/payments to Fyfe did not establish a significant contri…