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Register and Constitute an Enterprise Register or Constitute an Enterprise Depending on the Legal Form Steps to be carried out to register or constitute an enterprise in Québec depending on the legal…

In some cases, your spouse may apply to have an act relating to your family residence annulled, if you did not obtain your spouse's written consent. For example, this may be an act under which you:…

A declaration of family residence provides protection for the home of a couple living together in a marriage or civil union, along with the household furniture. The declaration consists of a simple…

In certain situations, you can apply for the cancellation of a declaration of family residence, for example if: you and your spouse both consent to the cancellation; you have sold the property…

You can change your matrimonial or civil union regime at any time, as long as your spouse consents. When you change your regime, you terminate the regime that has governed your relationship since…

This section reviews the division of property between spouses based on the rules governing family patrimony. For more detailed information on the rules for the division of property, see the following…

Community of property is a matrimonial regime under which the property consists of: the property that the spouses had before marriage; the property they subsequently acquire. One of the spouses,…

Division of family patrimony If you would like more information on the division of family patrimony following a legal separation or divorce or the dissolution of a civil union, see our section on the…

Partnership of acquests is both a matrimonial regime and a civil union regime. Under this regime, each spouse: administers his or her own private property, of all categories; pays his or her own…

On this page: Renunciation of the partition of earnings Dissolution of a marriage or civil union following the death of a spouse Exceptions to the principle of equal partition The family patrimony…