FRHD 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Sole Custody, Noncustodial Parent, Symbolic Interactionism

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

Document Summary

The macro perspectives focus on the wider social context and how these create trends in the divorce rate: a short history o for much of history, marriage was considered a way of uniting families and providing stability for society o before confederation, marriage was controlled buy the church of england in upper canada and by the roman catholic church in lower canada, neither church recognized divorce, therefore no divorce law existed o with confederation the federal parliament gained exclusive authority in matters of divorce, but simply allowed existing provincial laws to stand or to change o the divorce rate is a measure that predicts the proportion of couples that can be expected to divorce before their 30th wedding anniversary, based on current patterns of divorce o divorce is now increasingly common at midlife and among couples 65 years and older >