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In a short relationship, each person will generally be entitled to keep whatever he or she brought into the relationship and anything he or she received as a gift from the other person. If there are any jointly owned assets ― property that both people own and that is registered in both names ― like a house or a car, there is a legal presumption that each owner is entitled to an equal interest in the asset, whether the couple contributed equally to its purchase or not. | In a short relationship, each person will generally be entitled to keep whatever he or she brought into the relationship and anything he or she received as a gift from the other person. If there are any jointly owned assets ― property that both people own and that is registered in both names ― like a house or a car, there is a legal presumption that each owner is entitled to an equal interest in the asset, whether the couple contributed equally to its purchase or not. | ||
Although unmarried couples who lived together for less than two years, or didn't live together at all, aren't able to make any claims about property owned only by one of them under the ''Family Law Act]]'', they may be able to make a claim under certain common law principles. These are discussed in more detail in the first section of the [[Property_%26_Debt_in_Family_Law_Matters|Property & Debt]] chapter, under the heading "[[Property_%26_Debt_in_Family_Law_Matters#Property_claims_and_people_who_aren.27t_spouses|Property claims and people who aren't spouses]]". | Although unmarried couples who lived together for less than two years, or didn't live together at all, aren't able to make any claims about property owned only by one of them under the ''[[Family Law Act]]'', they may be able to make a claim under certain common law principles. These are discussed in more detail in the first section of the [[Property_%26_Debt_in_Family_Law_Matters|Property & Debt]] chapter, under the heading "[[Property_%26_Debt_in_Family_Law_Matters#Property_claims_and_people_who_aren.27t_spouses|Property claims and people who aren't spouses]]". | ||
===Orders not available to unmarried couples=== | ===Orders not available to unmarried couples=== | ||
