事实婚姻被法律承认, 离了要承担经济责任的,
以下是魁北克的例子, (还有很多省承认这个),包括配偶赡养,
Civil unions in Quebec are available in
Quebec to both opposite-sex and same-sex couples, which attempts to create the same rights for the partners as a traditional
marriage.
As a result of a range of activism and to the
M. v. H. decision, the
National Assembly of Quebec voted unanimously in 2002 to amend the
Civil Code of Quebec to create a status of civil union in Quebec, available to both opposite-sex and same-sex couples and largely having the same rights as
marriage. The law was enacted on June 24, 2002.
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A civil union is contracted into by same-sex or opposite-sex partners 18 years of age and older, who are not otherwise married, not in another civil union, or who are not closely related, following prescribed formalities similar to the regime of marriage.
The civil union carries obligations and benefits equivalent to that of marriage including the obligation of support (CCQ art. 585) and the establishment of a
family patrimony and
family residence (CCQ art. 521.6) and may otherwise be modified by a
contract (CCQ 521.8) similar to a
pre-nuptial agreement and may agree to a particular property regime similar to available
matrimonial regimes. It creates a family connection between the spouses and their relatives (CCQ art. 521.7).