CYC 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: The Family Law, Child Neglect, Sole Custody
Document Summary
Chapter 4 - children and the family law. Family breakdown brings significant economic, logistic, and emotional challenges for all members of the family. Statues are created to provide a complete and exhaustive code for dealing with the issues that families face after the partners separate. Defines whether or when the couple can consider their marriage ended and themselves single again and free to remarry. Establishes marriage breakdown as the only ground for divorce. Marriage breakdown can be proven on the basis of . Come to an agreement about issues of support and custody through a medicated process. Family property law determines the appropriate division of assets and real property (land, real estate) bought into and accumulated during the union. Applies to both married couples and some common law couples including same- sex married and common law couples. Rules for calculation and division of family property. Couples property can be divided between them on separation.
