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Marriage creates a legal relationship between two people, a relationship which gives each spouse certain legal rights and obligations towards each other on top of whatever promises they may have made during their marriage ceremony. A proper marriage must comply with certain legal requirements however, and as a result not all marriages must be ended by divorce. Some marriages are invalid from the start and can be annulled. | Marriage creates a legal relationship between two people, a relationship which gives each spouse certain legal rights and obligations towards each other on top of whatever promises they may have made during their marriage ceremony. A proper marriage must comply with certain legal requirements however, and as a result not all marriages must be ended by divorce. Some marriages are invalid from the start and can be annulled. | ||
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All these issues except for divorce can be resolved by the spouses' agreement rather than be argued about in court. To get a divorce, the court must make a divorce order. | All these issues except for divorce can be resolved by the spouses' agreement rather than be argued about in court. To get a divorce, the court must make a divorce order. | ||
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* <span style="color: red;">bulleted list of other pages in this chapter, linked</span> | * <span style="color: red;">bulleted list of other pages in this chapter, linked</span> | ||
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==Page | ==Page resources and links== | ||
===Legislation=== | ===Legislation=== | ||
* | * ''[[Family Law Act]]'' | ||
* ''[[Divorce Act]]'' | |||
* ''[http://canlii.ca/t/7w02 Civil Marriage Act]'' | |||
* ''[http://canlii.ca/t/7vq2 Marriage (Prohibited Degrees) Act]'' | |||
* ''[http://canlii.ca/t/846b Marriage Act]'' | |||
===Links=== | ===Links=== | ||
* | * [http://www.vs.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/search/marriage_commissioners.cgi Vital Statistics Agency: Search for marriage commissioners] | ||
* [http://www.vs.gov.bc.ca/marriage/ Vital Statistics Agency: Marriage registration and certificates information] | |||
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