When a common-law spousal relationship ends in a common law relationship?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Severo v. Severo, 2007 BCSC 1542 (CanLII):

The issue of when the marriage-like relationship terminates in a common-law spousal relationship has recently been before this court in Markin v. Gysel, supra, and W.A.S. v. D.W.T. (2003), 40 R.F.L. (5th) 389, 2003 BCSC 865.

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