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# Family law reform: let us give birth (and not to a mouse)

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15 March 2021

1 min read

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In Stéphanie Grammond's article, the columnist notes that Me Anne-France Goldwater is reviving the debate she herself defended years ago in the Éric v. Lola case. The family lawyer, once again representing an unmarried spouse, wants common-law partners in the province to have the same rights as married couples.

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