Category: Labour law

As of June 30, 2025, the Act respecting the reform of family law and instituting the regime of parental unions (Bill 56, assented to in 2024, chapter 22) introduced an entirely new regime into the Civil Code of Québec. This regime automatically applies to de facto spouses – i.e., couples who are not married or in a civil union – who become parents of a common child born or adopted on or after June 30, 2025. The main objective is to fill a historical legal gap: until now, de facto spouses with children had no automatic patrimonial protection in the…