In Ontario, the home you lived in as a couple has a special legal status. Even a spouse who does not own it has rights that can surprise everyone.
Ontario family law singles out the matrimonial home for special treatment. After separation, both married spouses have an equal right to stay in it, no matter whose name is on title. One spouse cannot simply change the locks or force the other out.
While both spouses have possession rights, the home generally cannot be sold or mortgaged without the other spouse's consent or a court order, even if only one of them legally owns it. This protects a spouse from waking up to find the family home sold out from under them.
There can be more than one matrimonial home, a cottage or second property used by the family may also qualify. Which properties count, and how possession is resolved, is fact-specific and often contested.
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Book a Consultation在安省，你们作为夫妻共同居住的房子有特殊法律地位。即便是名下没有产权的一方，也可能拥有令所有人意外的权利。
安省家庭法把婚姻住宅单独列出、特殊处理。分居后，无论产权登记在谁名下，双方配偶都有平等的居住权。一方不能擅自换锁、或把另一方赶出去。
由于双方都有居住权，婚姻住宅通常不能在未经另一方同意、或没有法院命令的情况下出售或抵押，即便只有其中一方是法律上的产权人。这是为了防止一方某天醒来，发现家被卖掉了。
婚姻住宅可能不止一处，家庭使用的度假屋或第二套房产也可能符合。哪些房产算、以及居住权如何解决，都取决于具体事实，且常有争议。