Special to Financial Post
How often have you heard someone in a relationship say, "It doesn't matter that we're not married — living together is the same thing?"
Those people are likely right — until they separate.
Common law relationships in Canada are increasingly the norm: They have more than quadrupled in number between 1981 and 2011. And depending on where you live in Canada, your rights and obligations might well be different if you have not formally tied the knot.
Torkin Manes lawyer Laurie H. Pawlitza discusses why common law relationships with marriage can be a costly mistake in the Financial Post.
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