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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Before gay marriage was permitted in Canada, gay unions were considered common-law marriages if the parties lived together for at least a year (whether the parties liked it or not).
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What triggers "living together" for purposes of becoming common-law spouses? What keeps it from triggering if you're just roomies (the idea that I might have been deemed married to my freshman college roommate has made my skin crawl)? Does there have to be some sort of "holding oneself out as married or a permanent couple" element to it? Or does the CAN gov't feel OK speculating on who is and who isn't having sex?
