What is the test for a long-term marriage?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Dufault v. Dufault, 2009 BCSC 1220 (CanLII):

Chutter v. Chutter, [2008] B.C.C.A. 507, confirms that the longer a marriage the closer the economic union and the greater will be the presumptive claim to equal standards of living upon its dissolution.

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