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I think that the law as it presently exists can deal with situations such as this. The problem is the failure of the deceased and his cohabitee to take advantage of what is there. As it is, prior to 1975, under the previous Act, cohabitees had no rights even if they had been maintained by the deceased. And prior to the 1938 Act, ironically promoted by a Liberal MP, no claim could have been made by anyone.

How far do we go? Do we adopt the French Civil code which, to a considerable extent, dictates who is to get what. Cohabitees therefore have to get what they can inter vivos, or make enough children...

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