Manitoba extends family property rights for common-law couples.(Child & Family)(Brief Article)

From: Community Action | Date: June 14, 2004 | Copyright information

WINNIPEG -- Manitoba's new legislation that extends family property laws will take effect June 30. Under the act, couples in common-law relationships will have obligations and rights with respect to property, including providing for a partner after a breakup by sharing what has been acquired during the relationship and passing on property after death to the survivor. The new law also applies to same-sex couples

Beginning June 30, common-law partners can register their relationship with Vital Statistics. By registering, all the major property laws will immediately apply to the ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

IRA withdrawals under community property laws.
Newspaper article from: The Kiplinger Tax Letter ; Community property laws don't affect taxation of IRA withdrawals. A couple who lived in a community property...distributions are taxed to the recipient, the Tax Court says. That rule trumps any community property laws (Morris, TC Memo. 2002-17).
Unclaimed property escheats to the state.
Magazine article from: The Tax Adviser ; ...their liability under state unclaimed property laws. Almost every state has legislation...Uncashed payroll checks. State unclaimed property laws typically require businesses to turn...fails to comply with the unclaimed property laws may be subject to criminal charges...
SAUDI ARABIA: 1,500 LOCAL FIRMS USE COPIED PROGRAMS.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database ; ...tightened control over the implementation of the intellectual property laws, in the wake of pressure by the industrialized states in...campaign to assure maximum obedience to the intellectual property laws. The number of local companies and offices that use duplicated...
Owning the sun: can native culture be protected through current intellectual property law?
Magazine article from: The Journal of High Technology Law ; I. Introduction Intellectual property laws in the United States encourage great...as well as the control intellectual property laws impart upon their expressions. (3...asserts that while American intellectual property laws have been significant resources to...
UAE Property Laws boost freehold and leasehold sales
Newspaper article from: Al Bawaba ; Freehold and leasehold property laws allowing non-GCC expatriates to own homes in various emirates...investors. This has been facilitated by the recent updated Dubai property laws, several attractive mortgage financing offers and an increasing...
New kinds of protection for intellectual property. (On the Law).
Magazine article from: Electronic Business ; ...copied. Unfortunately, intellectual property laws do not always provide adequate protection...these limitations in the intellectual property laws might be overcome by contractual commitments...are not protected by the intellectual property laws. New Rulings Continuing legal ...
Bendix Urges Congress to Beef Up Protection From Counterfeit Parts
Magazine article from: Transport Topics ; ...urged Congress to expand intellectual property laws to protect businesses against counterfeit...many instances, existing intellectual property laws do not adequately address Bendix' current...confusion with knock-offs." Intellectual property laws are intended to protect ...
Free ideas; Intellectual property.
Magazine article from: The Economist (US) ; ...is a growing risk that intellectual-property laws are now so stringent that they are...to use before changing intellectual property laws: an automatic presumption against expanding...being placed on today's intellectual property laws, which trace their foundations to the...
SAUDI ARABIA: 4 LOCAL COMPANIES BREACH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database ; ...duplicated Microsoft computer programs in 4 large companies. These companies operate in the areas of telecommunications, contracting and aircraft maintenance. The guilty firms are subject to heavy fines for violating intellectual property laws.
One tape junkie finally hits bottom _ and there he finds Napster.(The Orange County Register)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service ; ...I have been a chronic abuser of our nation's intellectual property laws. Back in the licentious `60s and `70s, this sort of thing...existing copy of every song. For the love of God, intellectual property laws are the only thing that separate us from the beasts of the...

Find more facts and information related to the article "Manitoba extends family property rights for ..."