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 ===What's the legal effect of a divorce order?===
-A divorce is the legal end of a marriage, and has effect throughout Canada. Once that happens, the divorced spouse can remarry and his or her ex is no longer assumed to be entitled to share in the spouse's estate.
+A divorce order terminates a marriage. When a marriage is terminated, the parties stop being "spouses" and lose all of the obligations and benefits that come from being a spouse. A divorced person is free to marry again, but loses things like the right to claim a share of the other spouse's estate, the right to coverage under the spouse's medical and dental benefits, the right to share in the spouse's future CPP and pension earnings, the right to direct the other spouse's medical care and the right to receive death benefits.
 ===What if spouses wait to get a divorce order?===