LAW 201 Lecture 9: LAW201 Lecture 9 - March 14th, 2017
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In this lecture : context and concepts, best interests & domestic violence, process, role of children: a voice but not a change . Family law & social understanding: social & psychological understandings inform the role of law, lawyers & judges, many in the class have experienced family breakdown as children, or have relative or close friends who have experienced separation. Concepts and context: custody, access & shared parenting. Federal divorce act & ontario"s children"s law reform act (clra) Joint legal custody - shared decision making, though one primary residence. Joint physical custody - roughly equal time with each parents (40%-60%) and shared decision making (aka shared custody) Custody includes making decisions about (most likely to involve disagreements: medical treatments - ex. whether child should be immunized or not, extra curricular activities, education decisions, social activit s. But even if one parent has custody, the other parent may make an application to have court determine.
