• Publication Date: July 25, 2022
  • ISBN: Print (Paperback): 9781552216439
  • ISBN: Digital (PDF): 9781552216507
  • 950 pages; 6" x 9"
Filed Under: Family Law

Canadian Family Law 9/e

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Product Description

Canadian Family Law will be of special interest to judges, legal practitioners, mediators, arbitrators, parenting coordinators, and other professionals who require an understanding of the law relating to families. It also provides a unique source of information for law students and their professors as well as members of the public who face domestic crises and the threat of marriage breakdown. The ninth edition of Canadian Family Law is a companion volume to Payne and Payne, Child Support Guidelines in Canada, 2022. Previous editions of both texts have been cited in hundreds of judicial decisions across Canada, including the Supreme Court of Canada and appellate courts from coast to coast. Canadian Family Law has also been adopted as required reading in family law courses presented by several colleges and universities across Canada.

This new edition incorporates fundamental legislative changes to the Divorce Act. The most fundamental legislative changes replace the loaded terminology of “custody” and “access” orders in favour of “parenting orders” that focus on parenting time and decision-making authority and “contact orders” with respect to third parties. They also establish a detailed non-exhaustive list of criteria to assist courts in determining the “best interests of the child”; call upon prospective litigants and their lawyers to address the feasibility of using out-of-court family dispute resolution services; introduce measures to effectively assist courts in addressing family violence; and create a framework for situations where one parent wishes to relocate a child of the marriage. Chapter 10 provides a detailed description of the legislative changes relating to parenting disputes and the authors venture their opinion concerning the ongoing impact of judicial rulings under the former statutory regime.

Additional changes relating to recourse to alternative dispute resolution processes, and issues of a jurisdictional nature were also included in the recent amendments to the Divorce Act. Alternatives to the judicial resolution of family disputes, including collaborative family law, mediation, arbitration, med-arb, and parenting coordination are examined in chapters 1 and 6 of the ninth edition of Canadian Family Law. The jurisdictional changes that came into force on 1 March 2021 are examined in Chapter 7. 

Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Family Structures and Canadian Family Law

Chapter 2: Marriage

Chapter 3: Cohabitational Relationships

Chapter 4: Domestic Contracts

Chapter 5: Family Violence

Chapter 6: The Crises of Marriage Breakdown and Processes for Dealing with Them

Chapter 7: Divorce: Jurisdiction; Judgments; Foreign Divorces; Grounds for Divorce; Bars

Chapter 8: Spousal Support on or After Divorce

Chapter 9: Child Support on or After Divorce

Chapter 10: Parenting Arrangements After Divorce

Chapter 11: Appeals

Chapter 12: Remedies Available Under Provincial and Territorial Legislation

Chapter 13: Matrimonial Property Rights

Table of Cases

About the Authors

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