What is the test for whether parties are in a "cohabiting" relationship?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Kelly v. Kelly, 2014 BCSC 2033 (CanLII):
In Campbell v. Campbell, 2011 BCSC 1491, rev’d on other grounds, 2013 BCCA 109, at para. 87, Mr. Justice Groves held that the focus of the inquiry of whether parties were “cohabiting” is whether the parties were in a “marriage-like” relationship.
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