February 25 Moncton, N.B. Eric Teed, […]

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1980-02-25

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February 25 Moncton, N.B. Eric Teed, a lawyer for the New Brunswick Bar Society, criticized a proposed reformed family law bill during a meeting of the Moncton Home and School Association. The legislation, entitled The Marital Property Act, was to be re-introduced in the New Brunswick Legislature. It was meant to provide a more equitable division of property acquired during marriage. But its Article 41 of Part IV stated that "persons who have cohabitated continuously for a period of not less than 3 years shall be deemed to be spouses." As "spouse" was not given a gender identification, opponents to the bill claimed that it could be sued to support same-sex couples, as well as bigamists and polygamists.

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New Brunswick Moncton

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Eric Teed

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Moncton Home and School Association

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Article 41 of Part IV The Marital Property Act

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Bill Lewis, "Family Law Critics Fear Homo Marriages," Body Politic, no. 62 (1980), p. 15.

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The Marital Property Act

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