Family Proceedings Act 1980
E803233
The Family Proceedings Act 1980 is a key New Zealand statute that governs family law matters such as separation, divorce, guardianship, and related court procedures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Family Proceedings Act 1980 canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9478318 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Family Proceedings Act 1980 Context triple: [Family Court of New Zealand, usesLegislation, Family Proceedings Act 1980]
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A.
Family Courts Act 1980
The Family Courts Act 1980 is New Zealand legislation that created a specialized court system to handle family law matters such as divorce, child custody, and relationship property disputes.
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B.
Family Law Act 1996
The Family Law Act 1996 is a key piece of UK legislation that modernised family law by reforming procedures and protections around marriage breakdown, domestic violence, and family proceedings.
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C.
Children Act 1989
The Children Act 1989 is a key piece of UK legislation that sets out the framework for the care, protection, and welfare of children, emphasizing their best interests and parental responsibilities.
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D.
Family Justice Act 2014
The Family Justice Act 2014 is a Singaporean statute that restructured and modernized the family justice system, creating a specialized framework and courts to handle family-related legal matters more effectively.
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E.
Matrimonial Causes Act 1973
The Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 is a key piece of UK legislation that governs divorce, financial provision, and related matrimonial proceedings in England and Wales.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Family Proceedings Act 1980 Target entity description: The Family Proceedings Act 1980 is a key New Zealand statute that governs family law matters such as separation, divorce, guardianship, and related court procedures.
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A.
Family Courts Act 1980
The Family Courts Act 1980 is New Zealand legislation that created a specialized court system to handle family law matters such as divorce, child custody, and relationship property disputes.
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B.
Family Law Act 1996
The Family Law Act 1996 is a key piece of UK legislation that modernised family law by reforming procedures and protections around marriage breakdown, domestic violence, and family proceedings.
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C.
Children Act 1989
The Children Act 1989 is a key piece of UK legislation that sets out the framework for the care, protection, and welfare of children, emphasizing their best interests and parental responsibilities.
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D.
Family Justice Act 2014
The Family Justice Act 2014 is a Singaporean statute that restructured and modernized the family justice system, creating a specialized framework and courts to handle family-related legal matters more effectively.
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E.
Matrimonial Causes Act 1973
The Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 is a key piece of UK legislation that governs divorce, financial provision, and related matrimonial proceedings in England and Wales.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | New Zealand statute ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
New Zealand Ministry of Justice
ⓘ
linked to:
Ministry of Justice (New Zealand)
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| appliesTo |
civil union partners
ⓘ
de facto relationships ⓘ married couples ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| enforcedBy | Family Court of New Zealand ⓘ |
| establishes | Family Court procedures ⓘ |
| governs |
care of children proceedings
ⓘ
child maintenance proceedings ⓘ dissolution of marriage ⓘ divorce ⓘ family court procedures ⓘ family law proceedings ⓘ guardianship proceedings ⓘ separation ⓘ spousal maintenance proceedings ⓘ |
| hasPurpose | to provide a legal framework for resolving family disputes in New Zealand ⓘ |
| hasShortTitle | Family Proceedings Act 1980 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | New Zealand ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| partOf | New Zealand family law framework ⓘ |
| providesFor |
dissolution of civil unions
ⓘ
dissolution of marriage ⓘ guardianship orders ⓘ maintenance orders ⓘ parenting orders ⓘ separation orders ⓘ |
| regulates |
access to children
ⓘ
appeals in family proceedings ⓘ applications for dissolution ⓘ conciliation in family disputes ⓘ counselling in family disputes ⓘ custody disputes ⓘ jurisdiction of the Family Court ⓘ mediation in family disputes ⓘ procedure in family proceedings ⓘ service of documents in family proceedings ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
domestic relations
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family law ⓘ guardianship of children ⓘ maintenance ⓘ marriage dissolution ⓘ |
| typeOfLaw |
procedural law
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substantive family law ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Family Proceedings Act 1980 Description of subject: The Family Proceedings Act 1980 is a key New Zealand statute that governs family law matters such as separation, divorce, guardianship, and related court procedures.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.