Difference between revisions of "Polyamorous Relationships"
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<blockquote><blockquote><tt>(iii) function as an economic and domestic unit.</tt></blockquote></blockquote> | <blockquote><blockquote><tt>(iii) function as an economic and domestic unit.</tt></blockquote></blockquote> | ||
And there's that number limit again, "2 persons." But that's missing from the British Columbia definition of "spouse" in section 3(1)(b) of the ''Family Law Act''. To "live with another person in a marriage-like relationship" doesn't mean '' | And there's that number limit again, "2 persons." But that's missing from the British Columbia definition of "spouse" in section 3(1)(b) of the ''Family Law Act''. To "live with another person in a marriage-like relationship" doesn't mean to live with ''just one other person''. The British Columbia definition means that a person can be in a spousal relationship with one person while being in a spousal relationship with someone else and being in a spousal relationship with someone else. | ||
That's really important, because under the ''Family Law Act'', someone who is a "spouse" has the right to ask anyone else who qualifies as that person's "spouse" for spousal support and for the division of property and debt. On top of that, someone who is a ''stepparent'' — defined as the "spouse" of a parent — is a "parent" potentially obliged to pay child support for the benefit of the parent's child. | That's really important, because under the ''Family Law Act'', someone who is a "spouse" has the right to ask anyone else who qualifies as that person's "spouse" for spousal support and for the division of property and debt. On top of that, someone who is a ''stepparent'' — defined as the "spouse" of a parent — is a "parent" potentially obliged to pay child support for the benefit of the parent's child. | ||