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((2012) 48 Fam LR 562; (2012) FLC ¶93–522; [2012] FamCAFC 200) (‘Jonah v White’).

See Coker J's discussion in Lorry & Musk [2015] FCCA 1773.

Cf cases where one party's financial maintenance by the other has been found to be a significant factor supporting the finding that a de facto relationship exists. See Young Lisa , Family Law in Australia (LexisNexis Butterworths, 8th ed, 2013) at [5.108] referring to Dakin v Sansbury [2010] FMCAfam 628; Smyth v Pappas [2011] FamCA 434; and Moby v Schulter (2010) FLC 93–447.

Kovacs Dorothy , ‘A Federal Law of De Facto Property Rights: The Dream and the Reality’ (2009) 23 Australian Journal of Family Law 104, 107.

Millbank Jenni , ‘De Facto Relationships, Same-sex and Surrogate Parents: Exploring the Scope and Effects of the 2008 Federal Relationship Reforms’ (2009) 23 Australian Journal of Family Law 1, 4 citing Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws — General Law Reform) Bill 2008, Report, October 2008, at [3.9]–[3.13]; Commonwealth, Parliamentary Debates, Senate, Family Law Amendment (De Facto Financial Matters and Other Measures) Bill 2008 in Committee, 16 October 2008, 6243 (Senator Brandis).

See, eg, Taisha & Peng and Anor [2012] FamCA 385.

Green v Green (1989) 13 FamLR 336 at 337. The case of Green referred to in this paragraph was not an application of statutory de facto provisions, but rather an appeal under the rules of equity in the NSW Court of Appeal in which the deceased had maintained one marriage and two non-married intimate relationships concurrently over a number of years.

See, eg, Dridi v Fillmore [2001] NSWSC 319 at [101]; Arachchige v Dixon [2006] TASSC 16.

See, eg, Cressy v Johnson (No. 3) [2009] VSC 52 at [114–115]; Flood v Dockerty [2010] VSC 233 at [15]; R v Bong [2013] SASC 39.

Barry v Dalrymple [2010] FamCA 1271 at [66].

LAB v AWH [2009] QSC 310; Reece v Little [2009] WASC 30.

Estrella v McDonald [2012] VSC 61 at [170].

Graycar Regina Millbank Jenni , ‘From Functional Family to Spinster Sisters: Australia's Distinctive Path to Relationship Recognition’ (2007) 24 Washington University Journal of Law and Policy 121.

Roy and Sturgeon (1986) DFC 95–031 per Powell J; D v McA (1986) II Fam LR 214.

As established by Watson J in Marriage of Todd (No 2) (1976) I FamLR 11, 186 11, 188 and approved and added to by the Full Court in Marriage of Pavey (1976) I FamLR 11, 358.

Section 5(1) of the Marriage Act 1961 (Cth) defines marriage as a ‘union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life’ [emph].

Young , above n 3, [5.106], referring to Baker v London (2010) 238 FLR 210 at 215; Kovacs , above n 4, 118; Dickey Anthony , ‘Further Consideration of a De Facto Relationship’ (2012) 86 Alternative Law Journal 163, 164.

The Full Court had previously approved Murphy J's approach in Ricci v Jones [2011] FamCAFC 222 at [59].

Jonah v White [2012] FamCAFC 200, para [44].

See, eg, Delamarre & Asprey [2014] FamCAFC 218; Moby & Shulter (2010) FLC 93–447; Dillard & Graham [2014] FCCA 1842; Gissing & Sheffield [2012] FMCAfam 1111.

See, eg, Keaton v Aldridge (2009) 223 FLR 158.

Ricci & Jones [2011] FamCAFC 222.

Wolff & Holden [2012] FMCAfam 924.

See, eg, Vaughan v Hoskovich [2010] NSWSC 706; Hayes v Marquis [2008] NSWCA 10; R v Bong [2013] SASC 39; Estrella v McDonald [2012] VSC 61.

Young , above n 3, [5.108].

Behrens Juliet , ‘“De Facto Relationship”? Some Early Case Law under the Family Law Act’ (2010) 24(3) Australian Journal of Family Law 350, 352.

Richardson Laurel , ‘Secrecy and Status: The Social Construction of Forbidden Relationships’ (1988) 53(2) American Sociological Review 209.

Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) s 90SM(3).