Family Home Protection Act, 1976
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Alienation of interest in family home. |
3.—(1) Where a spouse, without the prior consent in writing of the other spouse, purports to convey any interest in the family home to any person except the other spouse, then, subject to subsections (2) and (3) and section 4, the purported conveyance shall be void. | |
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a conveyance if it is made by a spouse in pursuance of an enforceable agreement made before the marriage of the spouses. | ||
(3) No conveyance shall be void by reason only of subsection (1)— | ||
(a) if it is made to a purchaser for full value, | ||
(b) if it is made, by a person other than the spouse making the purported conveyance referred to in subsection (1), to a purchaser for value, or | ||
(c) if its validity depends on the validity of a conveyance in respect of which any of the conditions mentioned in subsection (2) or paragraph (a) or (b) is satisfied. | ||
(4) If any question arises in any proceedings as to whether a conveyance is valid by reason of subsection (2) or (3), the burden of proving that validity shall be on the person alleging it. | ||
(5) In subsection (3), “full value” means such value as amounts or approximates to the value of that for which it is given. | ||
(6) In this section, “purchaser” means a grantee, lessee, assignee, mortgagee, chargeant or other person who in good faith acquires an estate or interest in property. | ||
(7) For the purposes of this section, section 3 of the Conveyancing Act, 1882 , shall be read as if the words “as such” wherever they appear in paragraph (ii) of subsection (1) of that section were omitted. |