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Originally Posted by john70t
My understanding is that common law marriage occurs after one year: Canada - Common Law Relationships
A CA court will probably consider that a "marriage" with her having rights of survivor. |
Not sure how common law works in Canada but it doesn't work in Calif. or Oregon.
My brother lived with his girlfriend +10 years in Calif and then they moved to OR. and lived together for another 5 years, he died and she got nothing, everything defaulted to my parents.
Fortunately my parents sold my brothers house and setup a trust fund for the GF, paid off their credit debt and set GF up with monthly payments.