SOCB49H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Child Custody, Earthbound, Internalizing Disorder
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Around 70 000 couples per year file for divorce (lower than in 1987) After fourth year the statistics remain the same. 60% of couple file for divorce before 15 years of marriage. Showed the # of divorce rate per 100 000 population in cdn. In the past child custody was often given to mother. 75% during 1980s = mothers were given the child custody. Only 8. 5% when the court assigns custody of child to father. A thought based legal code which implied that the wife or husband to prove it was the other party"s fault. Wives who committed adultery = no spousal support. Divorce act = permanent breakdown of marriage. Thought based legal code = parties had to prove the fault of the other person. Divorce act had major changes to the ground of divorce. Got rid of the though based legal code. Spouses didn"t have to prove the fault of the other party.