{"id":2221,"date":"2013-03-26T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/friends-with-benefits-new-b-c-law-turns-live-in-lovers-into-married-couples\/"},"modified":"2020-02-17T20:38:48","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T01:38:48","slug":"friends-with-benefits-new-bc-law-turns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/friends-with-benefits-new-bc-law-turns\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends With Benefits? New B.C. Law Turns Live-In Lovers Into Married Couples"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogger\/-PPB8Oq5UE4w\/UUdjCAN0sxI\/AAAAAAAAAUY\/25PZHd_e5d4\/s1600\/iStock_000006567862XSmall.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogger\/-PPB8Oq5UE4w\/UUdjCAN0sxI\/AAAAAAAAAUY\/25PZHd_e5d4\/s1600\/iStock_000006567862XSmall.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Have you been living in British Columbia with your significant other for more than two years? You might as well be married right? If you have answered &#8216;yes&#8217; and &#8216;no&#8217; to these questions respectively, you might be in for a shock.<\/p>\n<h3>British Columbia&#8217;s Family Law Act<\/h3>\n<p>Originally passed in November 23, 2011 and coming into effect March 18, 2013 the new act set minimum training and practice standards for family dispute resolution professionals and places the safety and best interest of the child first when families are going through separation and divorce, in addition to the the responsibilities of the division of assets if the relationships down (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ag.gov.bc.ca\/legislation\/family-law\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Ministry of Justice &#8211; Family Law Legislation<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h3>Property Divisions:\u00a0What you need to know<\/h3>\n<p>So if a relationship goes sour and the awkward and unpleasant moment arrives when you have to decide who gets what, how is this resolved? According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leg.bc.ca\/39th4th\/3rd_read\/gov16-3.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Family Law Act<\/a>, this is what happens:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Certain property (namely pre-relationship property as well as inheritances) will generally not be divided up.<\/li>\n<li>Family property: This includes all property owned by one or both parties at the date of separation, unless the property is excluded. In this case, only the increase in the value of the asset during the relationship is divisible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>And what is most interesting:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Property divisions apply to married and unmarried couples who have lived in a marriage-like relationship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Click here to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ag.gov.bc.ca\/legislation\/family-law\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">read<\/a> more.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you been living in British Columbia with your significant other for more than two years? You might as well be married right? If you have answered &#8216;yes&#8217; and &#8216;no&#8217; to these questions respectively, you might be in for a shock. British Columbia&#8217;s Family Law Act Originally passed in November 23, 2011 and coming into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-real-estate-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Friends With Benefits? New B.C. Law Turns Live-In Lovers Into Married Couples | Zoocasa Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Have you been living in British Columbia with your significant other for more than two years? You might as well be married right? If you have answered\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/friends-with-benefits-new-bc-law-turns\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Friends With Benefits? New B.C. Law Turns Live-In Lovers Into Married Couples | Zoocasa Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Have you been living in British Columbia with your significant other for more than two years? You might as well be married right? If you have answered\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/friends-with-benefits-new-bc-law-turns\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zoocasa Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Zoocasa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zoocasa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-03-26T10:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-02-18T01:38:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogger\/-PPB8Oq5UE4w\/UUdjCAN0sxI\/AAAAAAAAAUY\/25PZHd_e5d4\/s1600\/iStock_000006567862XSmall.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Zoocasa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/zoocasa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Zoocasa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Zoocasa\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/friends-with-benefits-new-bc-law-turns\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/friends-with-benefits-new-bc-law-turns\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Zoocasa\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/797314ca6279e6b154442b2f393e41b2\"},\"headline\":\"Friends With Benefits? New B.C. Law Turns Live-In Lovers Into Married Couples\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-03-26T10:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-02-18T01:38:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/friends-with-benefits-new-bc-law-turns\/\"},\"wordCount\":245,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Real Estate News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/friends-with-benefits-new-bc-law-turns\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/friends-with-benefits-new-bc-law-turns\/\",\"name\":\"Friends With Benefits? New B.C. Law Turns Live-In Lovers Into Married Couples | Zoocasa Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-03-26T10:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-02-18T01:38:48+00:00\",\"description\":\"Have you been living in British Columbia with your significant other for more than two years? You might as well be married right? If you have answered\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/friends-with-benefits-new-bc-law-turns\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/friends-with-benefits-new-bc-law-turns\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/friends-with-benefits-new-bc-law-turns\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Friends With Benefits? New B.C. Law Turns Live-In Lovers Into Married Couples\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Zoocasa Blog\",\"description\":\"Home Buying &amp; Selling Tips, Real Estate Market Trends &amp; News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Zoocasa\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zoocasa-square-logo-800x800px.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zoocasa-square-logo-800x800px.png\",\"width\":800,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"Zoocasa\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Zoocasa\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Zoocasa\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/797314ca6279e6b154442b2f393e41b2\",\"name\":\"Zoocasa\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/52df2ab365fe05aa8984d92a1c9eb4b39956cf4bb370e3a3df1cc2242b6f3146?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/52df2ab365fe05aa8984d92a1c9eb4b39956cf4bb370e3a3df1cc2242b6f3146?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Zoocasa\"},\"description\":\"Zoocasa is an award-winning prop-tech company and wholly owned subsidiary of eXp Realty Inc. LLC. Zoocasa uses data and technology to deliver an intelligent, end-to-end real estate experience. Zoocasa\u2019s insights and suite of digital tools, combined with the market expertise of its dedicated agents and team allows Zoocasa to set a new standard for full-service real estate. A 4-time winner of both the Financial Times' Fastest Growing Companies in the Americas and the Top Growing Companies in Canada by the Globe and Mail, Zoocasa continues to innovate on the home buying, selling and search experience online.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zoocasa\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zoocasa\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/zoocasa-com\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/zoocasa\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/author\/zoocasa\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Friends With Benefits? New B.C. Law Turns Live-In Lovers Into Married Couples | Zoocasa Blog","description":"Have you been living in British Columbia with your significant other for more than two years? You might as well be married right? If you have answered","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/friends-with-benefits-new-bc-law-turns\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Friends With Benefits? New B.C. Law Turns Live-In Lovers Into Married Couples | Zoocasa Blog","og_description":"Have you been living in British Columbia with your significant other for more than two years? You might as well be married right? If you have answered","og_url":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/friends-with-benefits-new-bc-law-turns\/","og_site_name":"Zoocasa Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Zoocasa","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zoocasa","article_published_time":"2013-03-26T10:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-02-18T01:38:48+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blogger\/-PPB8Oq5UE4w\/UUdjCAN0sxI\/AAAAAAAAAUY\/25PZHd_e5d4\/s1600\/iStock_000006567862XSmall.jpg"}],"author":"Zoocasa","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/zoocasa","twitter_site":"@Zoocasa","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Zoocasa","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/friends-with-benefits-new-bc-law-turns\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/friends-with-benefits-new-bc-law-turns\/"},"author":{"name":"Zoocasa","@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/797314ca6279e6b154442b2f393e41b2"},"headline":"Friends With Benefits? New B.C. Law Turns Live-In Lovers Into Married Couples","datePublished":"2013-03-26T10:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2020-02-18T01:38:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/friends-with-benefits-new-bc-law-turns\/"},"wordCount":245,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Real Estate News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/friends-with-benefits-new-bc-law-turns\/","url":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/friends-with-benefits-new-bc-law-turns\/","name":"Friends With Benefits? New B.C. Law Turns Live-In Lovers Into Married Couples | Zoocasa Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-03-26T10:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2020-02-18T01:38:48+00:00","description":"Have you been living in British Columbia with your significant other for more than two years? You might as well be married right? If you have answered","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/friends-with-benefits-new-bc-law-turns\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/friends-with-benefits-new-bc-law-turns\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/friends-with-benefits-new-bc-law-turns\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Friends With Benefits? New B.C. Law Turns Live-In Lovers Into Married Couples"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/","name":"Zoocasa Blog","description":"Home Buying &amp; Selling Tips, Real Estate Market Trends &amp; News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Zoocasa","url":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zoocasa-square-logo-800x800px.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/zoocasa-square-logo-800x800px.png","width":800,"height":800,"caption":"Zoocasa"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Zoocasa","https:\/\/twitter.com\/Zoocasa"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/797314ca6279e6b154442b2f393e41b2","name":"Zoocasa","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/52df2ab365fe05aa8984d92a1c9eb4b39956cf4bb370e3a3df1cc2242b6f3146?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/52df2ab365fe05aa8984d92a1c9eb4b39956cf4bb370e3a3df1cc2242b6f3146?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Zoocasa"},"description":"Zoocasa is an award-winning prop-tech company and wholly owned subsidiary of eXp Realty Inc. LLC. Zoocasa uses data and technology to deliver an intelligent, end-to-end real estate experience. Zoocasa\u2019s insights and suite of digital tools, combined with the market expertise of its dedicated agents and team allows Zoocasa to set a new standard for full-service real estate. A 4-time winner of both the Financial Times' Fastest Growing Companies in the Americas and the Top Growing Companies in Canada by the Globe and Mail, Zoocasa continues to innovate on the home buying, selling and search experience online.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zoocasa","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zoocasa\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/zoocasa-com","https:\/\/twitter.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/zoocasa"],"url":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/author\/zoocasa\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zoocasa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}