What is the test for a separation when the parties have separated?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Lahdekorpi v. Lahdekorpi, 2016 BCSC 2143 (CanLII):

In Ishebabi v. Temu, 2015 BCSC 1321, Mr. Justice Jenkins considered the question of when the parties had separated and held that in order to separate there must be an intention of at least one of the parties to bring the relationship to an end. He stated:

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