SOC271 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: National Assembly Of Quebec, Social Fact
9 Jul 2015
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Separation and divorce: fragmentation and renewal of families. Over the years canadian laws have affected family matters. One such family matter is when partners divorce. The passage of the divorce act occurred in canada in. Where a separation is a social process of relationship dissolution; divorce is a legal process. To be divorced- you must first be married! A divorce is the legal dissolution of a valid marriage. The objective of a divorce is a binding, written and enforceable contract between former marital partners that redefines. Prior to 1968 in canada, the availability of divorce was a patchwork. Some provinces had their own divorce legislation and others did not. Low divorce rates during the early years of record keeping in canada -- as a consequence of divorce laws. Divorce rates have increased dramatically in recent years in response to the more divorce law in 1968. and again in 1986.
