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===Real property===
The provincial ''[http://canlii.ca/t/8451 Land (Spouse Protection) Act]'' protects the rights of married spouses and unmarried spouses to their interest in their family home (called a "homestead" in the act) by allowing them to file an "entry" on the title of the property that can stop the property from being sold. A spouse seeking this protection must file an entry with the land title office while the spouse is they are ''still in the relationship''. The act ceases to apply stops applying when the spouses have separatedseparate.
The provincial ''[http://canlii.ca/t/8456 Land Title Act]'' deals with all aspects of the ownership and transfer of real property in British Columbia, including the conditions of holding valid title to a piece of land, placing and removing encumbrances (like liens and mortgages) on the title of a property, and the conditions under which a Certificate of Pending Litigation can be placed on the title. The ''[http://canlii.ca/t/848q Partition of Property Act]'' gives someone who owns property jointly with someone else the right to force the sale of that property over the objections of the other owner.