FRHD 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Casual Sex, Lower Canada

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1020
• Professor: Sarah Murray

Document Summary

For much of history, marriage was considered a way of uniting families, and of providing stability for society. Seen as an exception to be undertaken for only grave reasons. Before confederation, laws were strongly influenced by the church of. England in upper canada and the roman catholic church in lower canada. With confederation, the federal parliament gained exclusive authority in matters of divorce, but simply allowed existing provincial laws to stand or change. Anyone living in a province without a divorce court could submit a private member"s bill to parliament, when it passed, the person was granted a divorce. Deserting the family (often called the poor man"s divorce ) was easier than going through a legal divorce. During the war, women joined the workforce so they were able to support themselves, encouraging some divorces. Bill c-187 introduced the no-fault principle of marriage breakdown as a legitimate ground for divorce and transferred jurisdiction for all divorces to the courts.