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Difference between revisions of "Basic Principles of Property and Debt in Family Law"

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====The Date of Separation====
====The Date of Separation====


Separation usually happens when one spouse decides that the relationship cannot continue, says so and then takes steps to end the partnership-like qualities of the relationship, usually by stopping sleeping together, stopping doing chores for the other person, stopping going out together as a couple and so on. Section 3 (4) offers some guidance on when a spousal relationship ends.
Separation usually happens when one spouse decides that the relationship cannot continue, says so and then takes steps to end the partnership-like qualities of the relationship, usually by stopping sleeping together, stopping doing chores for the other person, stopping going out together as a couple and so on. Section 3(4) offers some guidance on when a spousal relationship ends.


<blockquote><tt>(4) For the purposes of this Act,</tt></blockquote>
<blockquote><tt>(4) For the purposes of this Act,</tt></blockquote>