Sentence examples for common-law couples from inspiring English sources

Because common-law couples have most of the same rights and obligations in Canada as married couples -- from jointly filing tax returns to spousal support after a breakup -- many gay couples here do not see much reason to marry.

Much of the proposed legislation actually extends common-law benefits and obligations even further for heterosexuals -- for example, the provision preventing the transfer of money to a spouse shortly before bankruptcy, which now applies only to married couples, would apply to common-law couples as well.

Of the 32,185 reported families: 77% were married couples with an average of 3.2 persons per family, 15% were lone-parents with an average of 2.5 persons per family, and 8% were common-law couples with an average of 2.6 persons per family.

Data from the infertility component of the 2009 2010 Canadian Community Health Survey were analyzed for married and common-law couples with a female partner aged 18 44.

Only Definition 3 produced an association with marital status where a lower prevalence of current infertility was found among common-law couples (Table  III).

Deborah Voigt and Thomas Hampson, who play the unhappy common-law couple at the plot's center, may both be nearing the twilights of their careers, but both can still summon uncommon reserves of feeling.

BBC Mundo's Ignacio De Los Reyes says the bill, which also sets out rights for common law couples, is likely to go before legislators in December.

In the U.S. cohabiting-but-not-married couples often think of themselves as "common law" couples and describe themselves as married -- which authorities often implicitly allow.

The proposed changes -- affecting everything from citizenship to spousal tax credits on income-tax forms and spousal benefits in government pensions -- extend benefits and obligations to homosexual couples on the same basis as common-law heterosexual couples.

It also mirrors a state law by expanding the definition of domestic violence victims to include not just married people but also common-law and dating couples with access to each other's residence.

It also expands the definition of domestic violence victims to potentially include not just married people but also common-law and dating couples with access to each other's residence.