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A couple ''separates'' when one or both spouses decide that their relationship is over and then take steps to act on that decision. When an unmarried couple separates, their relationship is over. The relationship of married spouses, on the other hand, isn't legally over until they are divorced or their marriage is annulled. | A couple ''separates'' when one or both spouses decide that their relationship is over and then take steps to act on that decision. When an unmarried couple separates, their relationship is over. The relationship of married spouses, on the other hand, isn't legally over until they are divorced or their marriage is annulled. | ||
This page takes a quick look at separation and divorce, both of which are discussed in greater detail in the pages that follow, and looks at a few urban myths about separation and divorce. Everything in this chapter applies to same-sex couples just as it does to opposite-sex couples. The do-it-yourself divorce process is reviewed in a fair amount of detail in the | This page takes a quick look at separation and divorce, both of which are discussed in greater detail in the pages that follow, and looks at a few urban myths about separation and divorce. Everything in this chapter applies to same-sex couples just as it does to opposite-sex couples. The do-it-yourself divorce process is reviewed in a fair amount of detail in the [[Divorce]] page at the end of this chapter. | ||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
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*one or both of the spouses agreed to marry as a result of fraud or misrepresentation. | *one or both of the spouses agreed to marry as a result of fraud or misrepresentation. | ||
More information about void marriages, voidable marriages and annulment is available in the [[Married Spouses]]. | More information about void marriages, voidable marriages and annulment is available in the page on [[Married Spouses]], in the chapter on [[Family Relationships]]. | ||
===Divorce=== | ===Divorce=== | ||
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The one exception to this last rule has to do with the ''consummation'' of the marriage, and this exception doesn't mean what most people think it means. A marriage does not need to be consummated to be a valid, binding marriage. In order to escape a marriage on this ground, you or your partner must, I kid you not, have an "invincible repugnance" to the act of sexual intercourse or some physical condition which makes sex impossible. | The one exception to this last rule has to do with the ''consummation'' of the marriage, and this exception doesn't mean what most people think it means. A marriage does not need to be consummated to be a valid, binding marriage. In order to escape a marriage on this ground, you or your partner must, I kid you not, have an "invincible repugnance" to the act of sexual intercourse or some physical condition which makes sex impossible. | ||
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==Further Reading in this Chapter== | ==Further Reading in this Chapter== | ||
* <span style="color: red;">bulleted list of other pages in this chapter, linked</span> | * <span style="color: red;">bulleted list of other pages in this chapter, linked</span> | ||
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==Page | ==Page resources and links== | ||
===Legislation=== | ===Legislation=== | ||
* | * ''[[Family Law Act]]'' | ||
* ''[[Divorce Act]]'' | |||
===Links=== | ===Links=== | ||
* [http://www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca/legal_issues/divorceBasics.php Legal Services Society’s Family Law Website: Divorce and separation basics] | |||
* | * [http://clicklaw.bc.ca/resource/2291 Legal Services Society's Family Law Website: Proving you're separated if you and your spouse still live together] | ||
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