This article will take a look at the evolution of the jurisprudence on

unjustified enrichment as a viable recourse for de facto couples, who are otherwise

completely deprived of any recourse to resolve the consequences of the economic

The legal and jurisprudential evolution of the Quebec civil law on filiation has been dynamic and avant-garde in these last few years, introducing new principles to define how filiation is established, which are quite distant from the classic blood ties which we believe normally circumscribe it. Despite this modern and elastic approach, recent technological and social innovations have been presenting ever more complex challenges for the courts to adjudicate upon, which were heretofore unknown.