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WESTERN WEEKLY REPORTS Reports of Cases Decided in the Courts of Western Canada and Certain Decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada 2016-VOLUME 5 (Cited [2016] 5 W.W.R.) All cases of value from the courts of Western Canada and appeals therefrom to the Supreme Court of Canada SELECTION EDITOR Walter J. Watson, B.A., LL.B. ASSOCIATE EDITORS (Alberta) E. Mirth, Q.C. (British Columbia) Darrell E. Burns, LL.B., LL.M. (Manitoba) E. Arthur Braid, Q.C. (Saskatchewan) Greg Fingas, B.A., LL.B. EDITORIAL STAFF Cheryl L. McPherson, B.A.(HONS.) Audrey Wineberg, B.A.(HONS.), LL.B. Director, Primary Content Operations Product Development Manager Nicole Ross, B.A., LL.B. Julia Fischer, B.A.(HONS.), LL.B. Supervisor, Legal Writing Supervisor, Legal Writing Lisa Rao, B.SC., LL.B. Donna Dickson Senior Legal Writer Content Editor WESTERN WEEKLY REPORTS is published 48 times per year. Subscrip- Western Weekly Reports est publi´e 48 fois par ann´ee. 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ISSN 0049-7525 ISBN 978-0-7798-7041-7 Printed in Canada by Thomson Reuters THOMSON REUTERS CANADA, A DIVISION OF THOMSON REUTERS CANADA LIMITED One Corporate Plaza Customer Relations 2075 Kennedy Road Toronto 1-416-609-3800 Toronto, Ontario Elsewhere in Canada/U.S. 1-800-387-5164 M1T 3V4 Fax 1-416-298-5082 www.carswell.com Contact www.carswell.com/email Weber v. Leclerc 211 [Indexed as: Weber v. Leclerc] Allan Kent Weber, Respondent (Claimant) and Anne Brigitte Leclerc, Appellant (Respondent) British Columbia Court of Appeal Docket: Vancouver CA42783 2015 BCCA 492 Groberman, A. MacKenzie, Goepel JJ.A. Heard: November 13, 2015 Judgment: November 30, 2015* Family law –––– Marriage — Nature of marriage — Common law mar- riage –––– Parties lived together from 2002 until 2011 or later with children from previous relationships — Parties purchased property together, had sexual relations, shared expenses as well as vacationed together, shared meals, and went out together as couple — In 2011, wife underwent full hip replacement surgery, and in 2012, was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary dis- ease — During this time, husband admitted to seeking legal advice relating to family law as he was considering leaving relationship but intended to support and assist her with her disability — Wife’s application for declaration that par- ties did not live together in marriage-like relationship and were not spouses as defined by Family Law Act was dismissed — Wife appealed — Appeal dis- missed — Finding that parties were in, and intended to be in, marriage-like rela- tionship was open to trial judge and entitled to deference — Several factors sup- ported idea that relationship was marriage-like, including cohabitation coupled with romantic and sexual relations and appearance that there was intention to remain together for indefinite period — Parties treated themselves and children as family unit and provided each other with emotional support — Weighing fac- tors was for trial judge and she considered all of them and was entitled to con- clude parties were in marriage-like relationship. Cases considered by Groberman J.A.: Austin v. Goerz (2007), 2007 BCCA 586, 2007 CarswellBC 2852, 36 E.T.R. (3d) 161, 74 B.C.L.R. (4th) 39, 287 D.L.R. (4th) 69, [2007] B.C.J. No. 2546, 249 B.C.A.C. 70, 414 W.A.C. 70 (B.C. C.A.) — considered G. (J.J.) v. A. (K.M.) (2009), 2009 BCSC 1056, 2009 CarswellBC 2081, 71 R.F.L. (6th) 349 (B.C. S.C.) — considered * Leave to appeal refused at Leclerc v. Weber (2016), 2016 CarswellBC 1105, 2016 CarswellBC 1106 (S.C.C.). 212 WESTERN WEEKLY REPORTS [2016] 5 W.W.R. Gostlin v. Kergin (1986), 3 B.C.L.R. (2d) 264, 1 R.F.L. (3d) 448, [1986] 5 W.W.R. 1, 1986 CarswellBC 137, [1986] B.C.J. No. 365 (B.C. C.A.) — considered Molodowich v. Penttinen (1980), 17 R.F.L. (2d) 376, 1980 CarswellOnt 274, [1980] O.J. No. 1904 (Ont. Dist. Ct.) — followed Takacs v. Gallo (1998), 1998 CarswellBC 546, 157 D.L.R. (4th) 623, 105 B.C.A.C. 115, 171 W.A.C. 115, 48 B.C.L.R. (3d) 265, [1998] 9 W.W.R.