common law marriage

Catholic Insight - Vol. 10 Nbr. 8, October 2002

Marriage: the under-30s prefer common-law status.

Ottawa -- According to a Statistics Canada report in July 2002, a majority of young Canadians are opting first for common-law relationships over marriage. Later on, many ...... 7 percent of women chose marriage. The number of married couples over these five ...

Winnipeg Free Press - June 29, 2006

Risk Divorce; Live Together First: Statistics

"The thing that really stood out for me was that one of the prime risk factors for a first marriage breakdown is actually living common-law before you marry your spouse," said Susan Crompton, the report's co-author and editor-in-chief of Canadian Social Trends. "And yet for a second marriage, that doesn't seem to play a significant role at all." "I would think it's that you're more mature, and have learned more about yourself, and have worked out your marriage style, as it were," said Crompto...

University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review - Vol. 66 Nbr. 2, March 2008

Canadian same-sex marriage litigation: individual rights, community strategy.

I INTRODUCTION II THE ISSUE Why Marriage? Why Not Marriage? The Legal Status and ...... Ontario (1993) The Third Wave: EGALE and Halpern Strategic Considerations: Common Law versus Charter Arguments EGALE: Trial Level ...

Canadian Journal of Family Law - Vol. 22 Nbr. 2, January 2006

The Roles of Registered Partnerships and Conjugality in Canadian Family Law

Much of the discussion on marital rights and obligations focuses on the importance of the decision to many rather than to cohabit. Greater legal protection is extended to those who choose to marry; thus, those who desire greater legal protection will get married, whereas those who do not will cohabit. This assumption is problematic, in that many couples wish to marry but cannot for financial reasons. Others may not wish to marry due to personally held beliefs, but do wish to take on the enhan...

Canadian Journal of Family Law - Vol. 21 Nbr. 1, July 2004

Judicial Redefinition of Marriage

Judicial alteration of the meaning of civil marriage from union of a man and woman to the union of any two persons raises a number of legal issues not raised by legislative redefinition; these are separation-of-powers issues centered in notions of the proper scope and role of judicial review, creation of standards to guide judicial application of broad and open-ended constitutional guarantees like equality, liberty, and dignity, judicial deference to the political branches, and the like. Here...

Canada Law Articles in English - (October 13, 2008)

Report On Law Commission Of Ontario Final Recommendations On The Division Of Pensions On Marriage Breakdown, And An Update On Wronko

Mr Pension & Employee Benefits Group - Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

... valuation and division of pension entitlements on marriage breakdown is a complex issue for members and ......s and administrators of Pensions are considered family property for equalization purposes under the Family Law As a result, upon marriage breakdown, pension must be valued in order to ...

Canadian Journal of Family Law - Vol. 23 Nbr. 2, July 2007

The International Survey of Family Law 2006

From children's rights, joint and shared custody, alimony, adoption, domestic violence, filiation, mediation to grandparent's rights, The International Survey of Family Law 2006 Edition surveys family law in 27 jurisdictions, mainly from Europe, but including North America, Africa, Asia and Australia.

Canadian Journal of Family Law - Vol. 24 Nbr. 2, July 2008

In Sickness and in Health? Spousal Support and Unmarried Cohabitants

Courts should only grant spousal support to unmarried cohabitants without child support entitlements if they can demonstrate a "contractual" or "compensatory" rationale for it, as the Supreme Court of Canada defined those terms in in Bracklow v. Bracklow.5 If these couples can demonstrate entitlement, the quantum and duration of the support award must reflect only the compensatory and contractual rationales. Extending spousal support to cohabitants would remedy this injustice and make it imp...

Canadian Journal of Family Law - Vol. 24 Nbr. 2, July 2008

'A Delicate Necessity': Bruker V. Marcovitz and the Problem of Jewish Divorce

In this article, we outline the case history starting with the decisions of the Quebec Superior Court and Court of Appeal, explain the questions that the majority and minority asked themselves in the Supreme Court of Canada, and conclude by analyzing that Court's decision and its implications for Jewish spouses and spouses of other religious minorities going through the divorce process. "15 This is also the theory behind Jewish divorce, and in the "vast majority"16 of cases, a get is freely ...