Spouses that are separated can get back together and live together again to try and make the marriage work.
But within the one-year separation period, they can only live together for a total of 90 days or less.
If they live together for more than 90 days, the one-year period of separation starts all over again from the date of the last separation.
For more information on separation, refer to script 115 on “Separation and Separation Agreements”.
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<p>Spouses that are separated can get back together and live together again to try and make the marriage work, but within the one-year separation period they can only live together for a
total of 90 days or less. If they live together for more than 90 days, the one-year period of separation starts all over again from the date of the last separation. For more information
on separation, refer to “<ahref="http://www.cbabc.org/For-the-Public/Dial-A-Law/Scripts/Family-Law/115"target="_blank">Separation and Separation Agreements</a>” from the Canadian Bar Association.</p>
<p>If you were married in B.C. you can get your marriage certificate or a certified copy of the registration of marriage from <ahref="http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/marriages"target="_blank">Vital Statistics</a> (an office run by the provincial government).</p>
<p><strong>If you were married in B.C. </strong><br/>If you were married in B.C. you can get your marriage certificate or a certified copy of the registration of marriage from <ahref="http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/marriages"target="_blank">Vital Statistics</a> (an office run by the provincial government).</p>
<p><strong>If You Were Married in Another Province</strong><br/>
If you were married in another province you need to get the official marriage certificate or registration of marriage from the office equivalent to the department of vital statistics in that province.</p>
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<h3>Video: Needed for Divorce: Your Marriage Certificate</h3>
<ahref="http://www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca/resources/video.php">Link to video</a>
<p>An 11½-minute video excerpted from "Helping Clients Prepare Divorce Documents That Don't Bounce," a workshop by lawyer J.P. Boyd at the October 2006 LSS Provincial Training Conference for Legal Advocates.</p>
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<h3>Certified Copy of a Marriage Registration</h3>
<h3>Video: Needed for Divorce: Your Marriage Certificate</h3>
<p><ahref="https://youtu.be/HlC-Vq8W8IU"target="_blank">Link to video</a></p>
<p>An 11½-minute video excerpted from "Helping Clients Prepare Divorce Documents That Don't Bounce," a workshop by lawyer J.P. Boyd at the October 2006 LSS Provincial Training Conference for Legal Advocates.</p>