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FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 205X

205X .         People to whom this Part applies — connection with WA

                Despite section 36(5), before making an order under section 205ZCA, 205ZE or 205ZG, or a declaration under section 205ZA(1), a court must be satisfied —

            (a)         that one or both of the de facto partners to whom the application relates were resident in Western Australia on the day on which the application was made; and

            (b)         that —

                  (i)         both de facto partners have resided in Western Australia for at least one third of the duration of their de facto relationship; or

                  (ii)         substantial contributions of the kind referred to in section 205ZG(4)(a), (b) or (c) have been made in the State by the applicant.

        [Section 205X inserted: No. 25 of 2002 s. 47; amended: No. 28 of 2022 s. 10.]



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