FRHD 1020 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Polyamory, Intestacy, Forego

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Definitions of family: legal: related to family law concerns, normative: shared by a majority of people in a country or region, research: must be measurable. Married couple (with or without children of either spouse) A couple living common-law (with or without children of either or both spouses) A lone parent of any marital status with at least one child living in the same dwelling. Children include grandchildren living with their grandparents but with no parents present. Any combination of two or more persons who are bound together over time by ties of mutual consent, birth and /or adoption or placement who, together, assume responsibility for variant combinations of some of the following: Addition of new members through procreation or adoption. Nuclear family, family of origin, family of procreation. Canada revenue agency: a person who is not your spouse, with whom you are living in a conjugal relationship, and at least one of the following situation applies.