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Court strikes down Quebec common-law alimony aid

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January 27, 2013, 12:04 am TWN

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OTTAWA -- Canada's top court ruled Friday that common-law spouses in Quebec are not entitled to support after a break-up — a decision that could affect the largest concentration of unmarried couples in the world.

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld the notion that couples in common-law relationships make a conscious choice to avoid the trappings and responsibilities of marriage.

However, the court acknowledged that a “myriad of factors” may be at play and “that the decision to live together as unmarried spouses may, for some, not in fact be a choice at all.”

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