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Common law relationship resources

Books
o   Cochrane, M., Do we need a cohabitation agreement?: understanding how a legal contract can strengthen your life together (Mississauga: J. Wiley & Sons Canada, 2010)
o   * Holland & Poutney, Cohabitation: The Law in Canada (Toronto: Carswell, looseleaf)
o   Lind, G., Common law marriage: a legal institution for cohabitation (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008)
 
Websites
Legal Services Society of British Columbia, Living common-law
 
Great Britain, Law Commission, Cohabitation: The Financial Consequences of Relationship Breakdown (Norwich: TSO, 2007)
 
Videos
What is a common law relationship?
 
Need to prove living as common law couple?
 
Common law spouse & property division?
 
Living Together, Living Apart: Common-law Relationships, Marriage, Separation, and Divorce
 
Legal forms
Standard form contracts from Dynamic Lawyers