PHOTO: 123RF – Children’s needs should be given higher priority when a couple separated, the commission said.

Big changes to the way relationship property is dealt with when a couple separates have been proposed by the Law Commission.

The commission has published proposals to reform the Property (Relationships) Act.

It sets out the rules for dividing property when a relationship disintegrates.

Last year, the Law Commission published an issues paper and invited public comment. It has now published a preferred approach paper, asking for feedback.

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