M v H
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m-v-h-174-17570313
title:
M v H
text:
M v H [1999] 2 S.C.R. 3, is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on the rights of cohabiting same-sex couples to equal treatment under the law. The court found that the definition of spouse in section 29 of Ontario's Family Law Act, which extended spousal support rights to unmarried cohabiting opposite-sex couples but not same-sex couples, was discriminatory and therefore unconstitutional under section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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Supreme Court of Canada case on same-sex couples
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M_v_H
date created:
2006-01-25T20:37:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T22:39:43Z
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