{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-scotland-act-1985/section-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-scotland-act-1985/section-26.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/37",
  "legislation_title": "Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-scotland-act-1985",
  "path": "section/26",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Presumption of equal shares in money and property derived from housekeeping allowance.",
  "text": "If any question arises (whether during or after a marriage or civil partnership) as to the right of a party to a marriage or as the case may be of a partner in a civil partnership to money derived from any allowance made by either party or partner for their joint household expenses or for similar purposes, or to any property acquired out of such money, the money or property shall, in the absence of any agreement between them to the contrary, be treated as belonging to each party or partner in equal shares.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 26 inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(10)(c), Sch. 28 para. 29(a); S.S.I. 2005/604, arts. 2(c), 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 26 inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(10)(c), Sch. 28 para. 29(b); S.S.I. 2005/604, arts. 2(c), 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 26 inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(10)(c), Sch. 28 para. 29(c); S.S.I. 2005/604, arts. 2(c), 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/37/section/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:00:15.003147+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}