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Married Persons (Equality of Status) Act 1996
12Housekeeping payments and allowances held as joint tenants
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12 Housekeeping payments and allowances held as joint tenants
> If a married person makes a payment or allowance to the person’s spouse to pay their joint household expenses or for similar purposes, any property bought with the payment or allowance and any money not spent from the payment or allowance is, in the absence of any agreement to the contrary between the person and his or her spouse, taken to belong to the person and the person’s spouse as joint tenants.