Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 90YZB

    Before making an order under section   90YX, a court must be satisfied:

  (a)   that one or both of the parties to the application were resident in Western Australia on the day on which the application was made; and

  (b)   that:

  (i)   both parties 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 paragraph   205ZG(4)(a), (b) or (c) of the Family Court Act 1997 (WA) have been made in the State by the applicant.