What is the effect of a mutually beneficial agreement between a party and their common law partner on expenses such as utilities, vacation expenses and mortgage?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Kiriakou v. Pentzos, 2020 ONSC 227 (CanLII):
In Reiter v. Hollub the parties also had a mutually beneficial agreement to share living expenses. Each of the parties paid his or her share of utilities, vacations, living expenses and mortgage. There was no finding of unjust enrichment because both benefitted.
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