LAWS310-14S2 (C) Semester Two 2014

Relationship Property and Family Finance

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 14 July 2014
End Date: Sunday, 16 November 2014
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 25 July 2014
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 10 October 2014

Description

The course aims to provide a sound academic grounding in the Property (Relationships) Act 1976, Child Support Act 1991, and the adult maintenance provisions of the Family Proceedings Act 1980.

Relationship Property and Family Finance Law is an important area of property law that is practised by both general legal practitioners and specialist family lawyers alike.

This course examines the law and policy of the Property (Relationships) Act 1976, which is the statute dealing with the division of the property of married and de facto couples upon their separation.  Particular attention will be paid to current topical issues such as the New Zealand Courts' treatment of family trusts.  The law and policy governing awards for adult maintenance under the Family Proceedings Act 1980, and the child maintenance under the Child Support Act 1991, are also examined.

The course includes tutorials and guest lectures, and an optional moot.

Prerequisites

(i) LAWS101; and (ii) LAWS110

Restrictions

LAWS317

Co-requisites

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

John Caldwell

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Compulsory Essay 12 Sep 2014 35%
Optional Moot 10%
Final Examination 55%


The assessment contains an Optional Moot, worth 10%.  For those students who do not undertake the Optional Moot, the Final Examination is worth 65% for the course.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $709.00

International fee $3,388.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Faculty of Law .

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