(1) Property acquired by the estate of the deceased spouse or partner, and the proceeds of a disposition of such property, and property acquired out of such property is presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to be relationship property.
(2) A person who asserts that any property to which the presumption in subsection (1) applies is not relationship property has the burden of proving that assertion.
(4) Nothing in this section applies to property to which section 10(2) applies.
Section 82: added, on 1 February 2002, by section 61 of the Property (Relationships) Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 5).
Section 82 heading: amended, on 26 April 2005, by section 3(2) of the Property (Relationships) Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 19).
Section 82(1): amended, on 26 April 2005, by section 3(2) of the Property (Relationships) Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 19).