DIGEST OF LAW REFORM COMMISSION REFERENCES

40. De facto relationships

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Received:		13 July 1981
Issues Paper 1:		De Facto Relationships, December 1981
		[A Summary of the Issues Paper was also published]
Judicial Citation:		Seidler v Schallhofer [1982] 2 NSWLR 80, 89 Commonwealth of Australia v Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission [1998] EOC 92-932 (FCA)
Report 36:		De Facto Relationships, June 1983
		[An Outline of the Report was also published]
		Tabled in Parliament 18 August 1983
Legislative Action:		Crimes (Domestic Violence) Amendment Act 1983 De Facto Relationships Act 1984 (now the Property (Relationships) Act 1984)
		Adoption of Children (De Facto Relationships) Amendment Act 1984
		Compensation to Relatives (De Facto Relationships) Amendment Act 1984
		Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (De Facto Relationships) Amendment Act 1984
		Mental Health (De Facto Relationships) Amendment Act 1984
		Wills, Probate and Administration (De Facto Relationships) Amendment Act 1984
Judicial Citation:		Budget Rent-a-Car Systems Pty Ltd v Van Der Kemp [1984] 3 NSWLR 303, 311
		In the Marriage of L (1984) 9 FamLR 1033
		Baumgartner v Baumgartner (1985) 2 NSWLR 406, 413
		A A Tegel Pty Ltd v Madden (1985) 2 NSWLR 591, 600
		Austin v Keele (NSW CA, No 74/84, 22 November 1985, unreported), 1 (Kirby P)
		D v McA (1986) 11 FamLR 214, 227
		Roy v Sturgeon (1986) 11 NSWLR 454, 459
		George v Hibberson (1987) DFC 95-054
		Simonis v Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd (1987) 21 NSWLR 677, 685
		Weston v Castle (NSW SC, No 4020/88, Waddell CJ in Eq, 23 August 1989, unreported), 13
		Daly v Gilbert [1993] NZFLR 513
		Wallace v Stanford (1995) 37 NSWLR 1, 8, 11
		Theodoropoulos v Theodosiou (1995) 38 NSWLR 424, 433-434, 439
		Griffith v Brodigan (1995) 20 FamLR 822
		McKee v Truelove (NSW SC, No S 4655/93, 7 July 1995, Master Macready, unreported), 3
		Bennett v Monadin (NSW SC, No 116413/94, Bryson J, 31 August 1995, unreported)
		Inostroza v Dura (NSW SC, No 1455/95, Master Macready, 10 September 1995, unreported), 9
		Hamilton v Johnston; Estate of Price (NSW SC, No 4307/94, 5 October 1995, Master Macready, unreported), 3
		Dorman v Beddowes (NSW SC, No 1920/91, 22 April 1996, Master Macready, unreported), 3
		Brown v McLeod (NSW SC, No 1333/93, Master Macready, 18 October 1996, unreported), 18
		Evans v Marmont (1997) 42 NSWLR 70
		Fiket v Linco (1998) 23 Fam LR 272
		Commonwealth of Australia v Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission [1998] EOC 92-932
		Ferris v Winslade (1998) 22 FamLR 725, [24]
		Galt v Compagnon (NSW SC No 4668/95, Einstein J, 24 February 1998, unreported), 24-25
		McKone v Maretta [1999] NSWSC 438, [15], [50]
		Berg v Mullins [1999] NSWSC 451, [16
		Turnley v Swaab [1999] NSWSC 594, [28], [56]
		Del Gallo v Frederiksen [1999] NSWSC 737, [13] Hardcastle v Perkuhn [1999] NSWSC 860, [24] Weston v Hourn [2000] NSWSC 543, [10] Jones v Grech (2001) 27 FamLR 711 (NSWCA), [75] Williamson v Birch [2001] NSWSC 36, [31], [32]
		Shcherbakova v Stapleton [2001] NSWSC 213, [83] Matheson v Wallis (2001) 28 FamLR 290 (NSWSC), [66] Nguyen v Scheiff (2002) 29 FamLR 177 (NSWSC), [55], [62] Sullman v Sullman [2002] NSWSC 169, [245] Powell v Supresencia (2003) 30 FamLR 463 (NSWSC), [11] Turnbull v McGregor (2003) 31 FamLR 319 (NSWSC), [48] Findlay v Besley [2004] VConvR 54-688 (VSC), [46] Whicker v Pettiford [2004] NSWSC 782 Dalli v Dragovic [2004] NSWSC 1033, [82] Rose v Richards [2004] NSWSC 315, [33] Giller v Procopets [2004] VSC 113, [76] Saric v Steward [2005] NSWSC 43 Ye v Fung [2006] NSWSC 243, [45] Bowden v Foster [2007] NSWSC 29, [11] Salisbury v Waugh [2007] NSWSC 872, [52]
Journal articles:		H Astor and J Nothdurft, "Report of the New South Wales Law Reform Commission on de facto relationships" (1985) 48 Modern Law Review 61
Note:		See also Reference 101: Relationships and the law