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Matrimonial regimes, or marital property systems, are systems of property ownership between spouses providing for the creation or absence of a marital estate and if created, what properties are included in that estate, how and by whom it is managed, and how it will be divided and inherited at the end of the marriage.
According to the Preamble, the purpose of the law is "to encourage and strengthen the role of the family; ... to recognize the equal position of spouses as individuals within marriage and to recognize marriage as a form of partnership; ... to provide in law for the orderly and equitable settlement of the affairs of the spouses upon the breakdown of the partnership, and to provide for other ...
This was the first time domestic partners was a campaign issue. At the first meeting of the new City Council in December 1984, the Berkeley City Council enacted a policy extending employee benefits to unmarried couples of any gender. The first couple to file for benefits under Berkeley's sex-neutral policy were Brougham and his partner Barry ...
In the lead-up to the 1987 Ontario general election, Liberal leader David Peterson pledged to allocate $500 million over 10 years to incentives for home buying with the creation of a Home Ownership Savings Plan (HOSP) similar to then-defunct RHOSPs. Unlike RHOSPs, HOSP would only be available to taxpayers earning $40,000 a year or less.
The country has government statues, the Investment Canada Act, and Competition Act as well as the provincial laws in place throughout Canada's 10 provinces and 3 territories. [1] The buying and selling of property is normally done through a real estate agent who work on a financial commission and act as a broker between buyer and seller.
The Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 gives some rights to unmarried cohabitants (under this act same-sex couples can enter into civil partnerships, while long term unmarried couples – both heterosexual and same sex – who have not registered their relation have some limited rights and obligations).
Until December 2015, condominiums in Ontario were governed by the Ontario Condominium Act, 1998 [13] with each development establishing a corporation to deal with day-to-day functions (maintenance, repairs, etc.). A board of directors is elected by the owners of units (or, in the case of a common elements condominium corporation, the owners of ...
A same-sex couple kissing on their wedding day in Toronto, 2020. On February 24, 2005, the Spousal Relationships Statute Law Amendment Act, 2005 was passed in the Legislative Assembly, which performed "housekeeping" on various Ontario laws, to bring their wording into line with the court ruling. As well, the bill ensures that no religious ...