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Secondly, separated spouses often move on with their lives, meet new people and get into new romantic relationships without having been divorced. There's nothing wrong with this and the new relationship won't stop the married person from getting a divorce when the time is finally ripe. | Secondly, separated spouses often move on with their lives, meet new people and get into new romantic relationships without having been divorced. There's nothing wrong with this and the new relationship won't stop the married person from getting a divorce when the time is finally ripe. | ||
However, if it takes too long and a separated spouse moves in to live with someone new, it's entirely possible that the spouse can find | However, if it takes too long and a separated spouse moves in to live with someone new, it's entirely possible that the spouse can find themselves in a new spousal relationship with their new partner without being divorced from their spouse. (Remember that under the ''[[Family Law Act]]'' people can become spouses without getting married.) If that relationship doesn't work out, the spouse may wind up being obliged to pay spousal support to more than one other spouse! | ||
===Are foreign divorce orders valid in Canada?=== | ===Are foreign divorce orders valid in Canada?=== | ||
