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Separation and Separation Agreements (view source)
Revision as of 00:51, 27 April 2021
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* is married, or | * is married, or | ||
* has lived together with another person in a “marriage-like relationship” | * has lived together with another person in a “marriage-like relationship” | ||
* * for at least two years, or | ** for at least two years, or | ||
* * for less than two years and has a child with the other person. | ** for less than two years and has a child with the other person. | ||
Spouses are separated when '''one or both''' people: | Spouses are separated when '''one or both''' people: | ||
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Separation usually marks the end of a couple’s relationship. Most separating couples stop eating and sleeping together. They also stop doing chores for each other and going out together. | Separation usually marks the end of a couple’s relationship. Most separating couples stop eating and sleeping together. They also stop doing chores for each other and going out together. | ||
Separation doesn’t always mean a relationship is over for good. Some people go to counselling to try to rebuild their relationship | ===Attempts to get back together=== | ||
Separation doesn’t always mean a relationship is over for good. Some people go to counselling to try to rebuild their relationship. | |||
Married spouses can try to reconcile (get back together) by living together for '''up to 90 days''' without it affecting the date they are seen to have separated. (Married spouses can [[Requirements for Divorce and Annulment|divorce after having lived separate and apart for at least one year]].) If they live together for more than 90 days, the clock resets and a new one-year separation period begins, if they separate again. | |||
===Separated but living in the same home=== | |||
After separating, couples live apart. But, they don’t have to move into separate homes. Sometimes people stay together under the same roof but have separate bedrooms. It’s less expensive to live in the same home while they figure out how to deal with their property, children, and any potential support claims. | After separating, couples live apart. But, they don’t have to move into separate homes. Sometimes people stay together under the same roof but have separate bedrooms. It’s less expensive to live in the same home while they figure out how to deal with their property, children, and any potential support claims. | ||
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You can be considered separated even if you and your spouse still live in the same home after your relationship ends. | You can be considered separated even if you and your spouse still live in the same home after your relationship ends. Legal Aid BC’s Family Law website [https://family.legalaid.bc.ca/separation-divorce/going-through-separation/proving-youre-separated-if-you-still-live-together explains what factors can prove you're separated if you and your spouse still live together]. | ||
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