Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 90RD

  (1)   If:

  (a)   an application is made for an order under section   90SE, 90SG or 90SM, or a declaration under section   90SL; and

  (b)   a claim is made, in support of the application, that a   de   facto   relationship existed between the applicant and another person;

the court may, for the purposes of those proceedings (the primary proceedings ), declare that a   de   facto   relationship existed, or never existed, between those 2 persons.

  (2)   A declaration under subsection   (1) of the existence of a   de   facto   relationship may also declare any or all of the following:

  (a)   the period, or periods, of the   de   facto   relationship for the purposes of paragraph   90SB(a);

  (b)   whether there is a child of the   de   facto   relationship;

  (c)   whether one of the parties to the   de   facto   relationship made substantial contributions of a kind mentioned in paragraph   90SM(4)(a), (b) or (c);

  (d)   when the   de   facto   relationship ended;

  (e)   where each of the parties to the   de   facto   relationship was ordinarily resident during the   de   facto   relationship.

Note:   For child of a   de   facto   relationship , see section   90RB.