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 <blockquote>To divide property and debt under the ''Family Law Act'', you first have to figure out whether you're a "spouse" as defined by s. 3(1)(a) or 3(1)(b)(i). You must either be married or have lived with your partner in a marriage-like relationship for at least two years.</blockquote>
-If you're not a spouse, ''stop'' and read the discussion in the introductory section of this chapter, [[Property & Debt in Family Law Matters#Property claims and people who aren't spouses | Property & Debt in Family Law Matters]]. It describes how people who don't qualify as spouses divide property under the common law relating to trusts and equity.
+If you're not a spouse, ''stop'' and read the discussion in the introductory section of this chapter, [[Property & Debt in Family Law Matters#Property claims and people who aren't spouses|Property & Debt]], about the property rights of people who aren't spouses. People who don't qualify as spouses are entitled to share in property that they both own and may have a claim property only one of them owns under the common law relating to trusts and equity.
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