Section 84 — Property (Relationships) Act 1976: Separate property defined

84 Separate property defined All property acquired by the surviving spouse or partner after the death of the deceased spouse or partner is separate property unless the Court considers that it is just in the circumstances to treat the property or any part of it as relationship property. Sections 55 to 57 were repealed, and new Part 8 (comprising sections 55 to 95) and Part 9 (comprising sections 96 to 99) were inserted, as from 1 February 2002, by section 61 Property (Relationships) Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 5). See Part 9 of this Act as to the transitional and saving provisions. Section 84 was amended, as from 26 April 2005, by section 3(2) Property (Relationships) Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 19) by substituting the word “ partner ” for the words “ de facto partner ” in both places they appear.