Let's start off with a few questions about your situation to make sure that this online divorce tool can
work for you.
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- If I have lived with my spouse for at least two years, are we married?
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+ If I have lived with my spouse for at least two years, are we married?
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No, you aren't married, but after two years, you have a lot of the same rights as a married
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- Living Together or Living Apart: Common-Law Relationships, Marriage, Separation and Divorce,
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No, you aren't married, but after two years, you have a lot of the same rights as a married
+ couple would. And some federal benefits treat you as married spouse if you've been living together for one
+ year. For more information refer to the booklet called
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+ Living Together or Living Apart: Common-Law Relationships, Marriage, Separation and Divorce,
+ on the Legal Services Society website.
Do you and your spouse have any children (includes step children, adopted children). The legal term is children of the marriage
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Are any of the children 19 years or younger?
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A listing of forms
that may be required for a Joint Divorce can also be found on the Legal Services Society web site.
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Are you financially supporting any of the children that are 19 years or older? Please check all that apply.
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Sorry but at this point in time you will not be able to complete your application for divorce using this online tool.
- Currently the tool supports a limited number of scenarios. In the meantime, you can file for divorce using the
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A listing of forms
- that may be required for a Joint Divorce, as well as an overview of the divorce process,
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Are you financially supporting any of the children that are 19 years or older? Please check all that apply.
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Sorry but at this point in time you will not be able to complete your application for divorce using this online tool.
+ Currently the tool supports a limited number of scenarios. In the meantime, you can file for divorce using the
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+ provided on the Supreme Court of B.C. website. (PDF).
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A listing of forms
+ that may be required for a Joint Divorce, as well as an overview of the divorce process,
+ can be found on the Legal Services Society web site.
Will you be able to provide proof of your marriage (in the form of an original or certified marriage certificate
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Will you be able to provide proof of your marriage (in the form of an original or certified marriage certificate
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The marriage certificate you received at the church — or any other place where you were married — isn't
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- How can I get an original copy of my marriage certificate or registration of marriage?
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If you were married in B.C. you can get a copy of your marriage certificate or a certified copy of
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- Vital Statistics (an office run by the provincial government).
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If You Were Married in Another Province
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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
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If You Were married in Another Country
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Contact the office responsible for marriage records in the country where you were married.
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The marriage certificate you received at the church — or any other place where you were married — isn't
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+ How can I get an original copy of my marriage certificate or registration of marriage?
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If you were married in B.C. you can get a copy of your marriage certificate or a certified copy of
+ the registration of marriage from
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+ Vital Statistics (an office run by the provincial government).
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If You Were Married in Another Province
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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
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If You Were married in Another Country
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Contact the office responsible for marriage records in the country where you were married.
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Ideally the marriage certificate or registration of marriage is provided to the registry
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when you file the Notice of Joint Family Claim
Is you marriage certificate or registration of marriage in English?