Living Together or Living Apart: Common-Law Relationships, Marriage, Separation, and Divorce (English)

Explains the basics of family law in BC. Includes information about:

• being married or in a marriage-like relationship (also called a common-law relationship),
• what separation and divorce mean,
• how to work out arrangements for parenting if you have children, and
• how to sort out money matters.

Also explains your legal options and where to get help, and includes a chapter for Aboriginal families. Updated to conform to the new BC Family Law Act (March 18, 2013).

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