CRIM 135 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Family Law, Zoophilia, Noncustodial Parent
7 Dec 2016
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The changing family and family law: marriage, divorce, support, and custody. In july 2005 canada passed bill c-38, an act that provides for same-sex marriage for civil purpose. Bill c-38 provided equality of heterosexual and homosexual men and women within civil unions. Canadian family law now versus the 1960s is very different. The prevalence of common-law relation has lead to legal recognition of spousal obligations in the absence of marriage, and more recently, to requirement of allocation of matrimonial property after two years of cohabitation. Social change and the divorce act of 1968. It wasn"t until the 1960s that the law changed to reflect the new realities. The power to legislate in relation to marriage and divorce is given to the federal government in the. It gives provinces the right to legislate in relation to matrimonial property, the support of spouses and children, and custody. It also confer jurisdiction over the related matter of succession, adoption, and guardianship.
