I have been living in a common law relationship for 7 years. This is the same as being married, isn t it?
No it is not. Although common law relationships are now seen to be almost the same as marriage for most matters such as support, pension benefits and custody matters, equalization of property upon separation are very different. A married spouse has all of a common law spouse s rights to a division of property plus the right to equalize net family property.
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