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Legal challenge seeks same rights for common-law unions as married couples Lawyer Anne-France Goldwater has served notice she ll seek to challenge the absence of legal protection for common-law couples in Quebec.
Author of the article: Linda Gyulai • Montreal Gazette
Publishing date: Mar 03, 2021 • March 3, 2021 • 3 minute read • Family lawyer Anne-France Goldwater has dedicated her career to fighting for changes to Quebec s Civil Code to assign the same rights and obligations to common-law couples with or without children as it does to married couples. Photo by Allen McInnis /Montreal Gazette
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Family lawyer Anne-France Goldwater has served notice to the Quebec government that she’s seeking to challenge the absence of legal protection for common-law couples in the province, a situation that she argues robs unmarried spouses of the rights granted to couples in the rest of Canada.
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