I just broke up with my Girlfriend, we lived together in my house for 4 months before i moved to Alberta(She's in NS)..I was here for 1 year and 3 months and then we broke up. My question is, were we technically commonlaw? And if so, is she entitled to any equity in my other home? She claims to be entitled to half, i'm really hoping she isn't, (I purchased the home on my own, and made all of the mortgage payments).. I apologize if this is in the wrong forum, i figured divorce was the most suitable.
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each provincial jurisdiction has its own rule for determination of common law.
In Ontario in a relationship of some permanence and co-habituating for 3 years, and less than 3 years if a child was born of the relationship. This basically is for spousal support purposes.
Some federal laws such as itax and cpp credits division recognize 1 year co-habitation as the time frame to be considered common law designation.
Additionally employer sponsored benefit plan recognize the 1 year co-habitation as the time frame as common law designation.
If the house was in your name alone and you co-habitated for 4 months, I highly suspect she would not be entitled to 50% of the value of the home.
I would check with the appropriate Nova Scotia act that would deal with this situation to confirm.
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