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====Family property and family debt==== | ====Family property and family debt==== | ||
The ''Family Law Act'' defines a | The ''Family Law Act'' defines a ''spouse'' for the purposes of claims about property and debt as someone who is married or has lived in a marriage-like relationship with someone else for at least two years. Only people who meet this narrower definition of spouse may ask for orders about the division of property and debt under the act. | ||
===Agreements available to unmarried couples=== | ===Agreements available to unmarried couples=== |