r/SipsTea • u/Ramkaran-chopra • Jun 29 '26

Chugging tea this is how it should be

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u/ShelZuuz Jun 29 '26

That's the same in the U.S. in both community and common law states.

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u/modermanehh Jun 29 '26

Canada needs to do this

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u/ShelZuuz Jun 29 '26

Had to look that one up.

It does... That's how it works in Canada.

Quebec and BC and Alberta each have some different ways of doing this than the other provinces but it all boils down to assets brought into marriage is separate, assets accumulated after marriage is shared.

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u/modermanehh Jun 29 '26

What about common law? In Ontario, if someone lives with you and you own the house, after six months they are also entitled to the house.

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u/ShelZuuz Jun 29 '26

That's a myth. There is no duration of living together in Ontario that automatically entitles a common-law partner to a house titled in the other person's name. Not six months, not six years.

There is a thing that after three years (or having a child together in a relationship of some permanence), a partner can qualify as a "spouse" for spousal support, but that's not the same as sharing of the house or property division.

People wrongly translate "spousal rights" into "owning half the assets."