Queensland Consolidated Regulations

UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 1999 - REG 596

596 Definitions for ch 15

In this chapter—

"de facto spouse" ...

"estate" means estate of a deceased person.

"grant" see the Succession Act 1981 , section 5 .

"public trustee" means the Public Trustee of Queensland.

"spouse" , in relation to a deceased person and despite the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 32DA (6) , means a person who, at the time of the deceased’s death—

(a) was the deceased’s husband or wife; or

(b) had been the deceased’s de facto partner for a continuous period of at least 2 years ending on the deceased’s death.