Law 2101 Final: Law 2101 – Family Law Exam Review Package

• School: Western University
• Department: Law
• Course: Law 2101
• Professor: Mysty Sybil Clapton

Document Summary

Marriage is the lawful union of 2 persons, not just a man and a woman, to the exclusion of all others. Civil marriage act: defined in 2005, allowed people to be married same-sex. Most canadians will live in private households with someone that they are related to. Birth rates increased 2008 but below needed - immigration is driving population growth. More people are becoming older and dependent. There is a growing number of common law families (young couples with no kids) No problems with partners capacity to marry one another: ex: not too closely related, sufficient age, you can actually marry your cousin (provincial, you (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:373)a(cid:396)(cid:396)y a(cid:374) adopted sibling. To get married independently you must be 18. If you are 16 or 17 you can get married with permission from parents. If two people from canada get married in costa rica: the capacity to marry one another governed by ca law, rest u(cid:374)de(cid:396) that (cid:272)ou(cid:374)t(cid:396)y(cid:859)s ju(cid:396)isdi(cid:272)tio(cid:374)