Persons who have formed trusts to defeat their partners property claims should be concerned  as  In a recent high profile relationship property case, Clayton v Clayton [2015] NZCA 30, the Court of Appeal held that a power of the trust’s settlor to appoint and remove trust beneficiaries was “relationship property” for the purposes of the Property (Relationships) Act 1976 (the Act). The value of the power was deemed to be the same as the value of the trust assets – in effect “busting” the trust.