Re: Email settings in Vista - is there a 'secret' step to follow?
(William Regal)
Since you found out you can not marry your drunk irish
butt budddy you have gone after everyone.
Same-sex partners can also marry legally in Quebec maybe you should move.
Soon Sharia law will over take your home land and you two
will be gone.
"~BD~" <Boate...@theobvious.hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
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On 17/12/2009 11:54, wrote:
> Better post to his wife which will get you much more help.She likes
> you David! :)
On 01/01/2010 18:19, wrote:
> and I have been married common law for many years. Common law
> marriage is legal in Canada.
Not *quite* correct!
In Canada, the legal definition and regulation of common-law marriage
fall under provincial jurisdiction. A couple must meet the requirements
of their province's Marriage Act for their common-law marriage to be
legally recognized.
According to the Canada Revenue Agency, as of 2007, a common-law
relationship is true if at least one of the following applies:
a) the couple have been living in a conjugal relationship for at least
12 continuous months;
b) the couple are parents of a child by birth or adoption; or
c) one of the couple has custody and control of the child (or had
custody and control immediately before the child turned 19 years of age)
and the child is wholly dependent on that person for support.
For a full, up to date CRA description go here: Marital Status
In many cases common-law couples have the same rights as married couples
under federal law. Various federal laws include "common-law status,"
which automatically takes effect once two people (of any gender) have
lived together in a conjugal relationship for five full years.
Common-law partners may be eligible for various federal government
spousal benefits. As family law varies between provinces, there are
differences between the provinces regarding the recognition of
common-law marriage.
In 1999, after the court case M. v. H., the Supreme Court of Canada
decided that same-sex partners would also be included in common-law
relationships.
[edit]Ontario
In Ontario, the Ontario Family Law Act specifically recognizes
common-law spouses in sec. 29, dealing with spousal support issues; the
requirements are living together for no less than three years[8] or
having a child in common and having "cohabitated in a relationship of
some permanence". The three years must be continuous, although a breakup
of a few days during the period will not affect a person's status as
common-law. However, the part that deals with marital property excludes
common-law spouses, as sec. 2 defines spouses as those who are married
together or who entered into a void or voidable marriage in good faith.
Thus, common-law partners do not always evenly divide property in a
breakup, and the courts have to look to concepts such as the
constructive or resulting trust to divide property in an equitable
manner between partners. Another difference that distinguishes
common-law spouses from married partners is that a common-law partner
can be compelled to testify against his or her partner in a court of law.
[edit]Qu�bec
The Civil Code of Qu�bec has never recognized a common-law partnership
as a form of marriage. However, many laws in Qu�bec explicitly apply to
common-law partners (called conjoints de fait) in "de facto unions"
(marriages being "de jure unions"), as they do to marriage spouses.[9]
Same-sex partners are also recognized as "conjoints de fait" in de facto
unions, for the purpose of social benefit laws.[10] However, common-law
partners do not have any legal rights between them, such as alimony,
family patrimony, compensatory allowance and matrimonial regime.
A 2002 amendment to the Civil Code recognizes a type of domestic
partnership called a civil union that is similar to marriage and is
likewise available to same-sex partners.
Further information: Civil unions in Quebec
Same-sex partners can also marry legally in Quebec, as elsewhere in Canada.
[edit]Other provinces
The requirements in some other provinces are as follows:
In British Columbia a person who has lived and cohabited with another
person, for a period of at least 2 years is considered a common law
spouse according to the "Estate Administration Act" [11]
In Nova Scotia, a couple must cohabit for two years in a marriage-like
relationship.
In New Brunswick, a couple must live together for 3 years or have a
natural or adopted child together.[12]
In Alberta, common-law marriage has been subsumed since 2003 under the
terms of the Adult Interdependent Relationship Act, which may
additionally apply to any two unrelated people living together in a
mutually dependent relationship for three years.
Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common-law_marriage#Canada
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Dave (Sometimes man stumbles over the truth ...... Sir Winston Churchill)