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What is a Common Law Relationship?

By Gary Kirk of Kirk Montoute Dawson LLP posted in Family Law on Tuesday, August 6, 2013. In Family Law there is a popular misconception that couples who live together for a period of six months or more achieve “common law” status and acquire rights and obligations similar to married …

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