Couple living together in canada but already married in their native countries...my question is if they live one year as a common law partner in canada..will they able to prove their relation ship and apply for PR status?
Hi Dilip! Thanks for the question! Canada recognizes almost all marriages celebrated abroad, so don't worry about attaining status. **Please note: As with all our videos, our comments here should not be taken as substitute for legal advice.**
Assets owned prior to or after a relationship in other provinces, homes, vehicles, pensions ect. Eg. Someone moves to a new province but still owns property. Someone that might have investments or pensions or other things of that nature. How might the courts handle that type of situation? Would that have to be adjudicated in each province?
Thank you for your question. Unfortunately, we cannot provide an answer here, as it would require more information. We suggest that you seek legal advice from a lawyer.
@@LitigationHelp right because that's never seen legal precedent so you couldn't possibly talk on that just as you did in the video with property lol. Not much of a channel if you dont have content because your affraid to discuss case law.
@@NorthernExposureATV There are a few reasons why Heather can't answer your question, Steve. First, the laws about family property change from province to province (the law in Quebec is totally different than the law in Alberta), and they often treat some kinds of property different than other kinds of property (the family home is a big one in Ontario). Second, the ability of the courts to deal with property in another province can change depending on the type of property (the courts of one province can usually make orders about personal property in another province but can't usually make orders about real property in another province). Third, it's not clear from the circumstances you describe which province's courts would have jurisdiction, the courts of the province the person left or the courts of the province the person moved to (you wouldn't want to start a claim in one province only to have it rejected in favour of another province). These issues are all pretty complicated, and are usually taught over a bunch of different classes in law school, including family law, the conflicts of laws, real property and constitutional law, and the answer to your questions -- assuming there is just one answer that is the right answer -- depends on the circumstances of the people involved and the kind of property involved. If you need an answer to your question, you'll need to meet with a lawyer. You don't have to hire the lawyer for anything more than that, of course, but the advice might help. Best of luck with this.
Hi Amanda, I'm afraid that our channel mainly covers the law in Ontario only. I just did a quick Google search and found this website: www.gov.mb.ca/familylaw/resources.html. You might also want to go on CanLII to do some research on there. Good luck!