common law spouse

Financial Planning, Lifestyle Financial Planning
May 5, 2023

In recent years, our common law regarding the rights of cohabiting couples has been tested – the result being that development has been made to accommodate the rights of those who choose to live together without getting married with one

Financial Planning, Lifestyle Financial Planning
August 13, 2020

If a couple is living together as ‘husband and wife’ but are not married, there is effectively no marriage capable of dissolution and there can be no transfer of pension interest benefit.