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2. Family Law Act (Ontario) - Wikipedia

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   The Family Law Act (the Act) is a statute passed by the Legislature of Ontario in 1986, [1] regulating the rights of spouses and dependants in regard to property, support, inheritance, prenuptial agreements, separation agreements, and other matters of family law. [2]

3. Ontario Superior Court of Justice - Wikipedia

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   The Family Court succeeds what was known as the Unified Family Court, which began as a pilot project in Hamilton, in 1977. It has complete jurisdiction over all family law matters in its area, including those matters currently within the jurisdiction of judges of the Provincial Division and the General Division. The Family Court is presided ...

4. Revised Statutes of Ontario - Wikipedia

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   The Revised Statutes of Ontario (RSO; Quebec French: Lois refondues de l'Ontario, LRO) is the name of several consolidations of public acts in the Canadian province of Ontario, promulgated approximately decennially from 1877 to 1990. [1] [2]

5. Canadian family law - Wikipedia

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   In Canada, family law is primarily statute-based. The federal government has exclusive jurisdiction over marriage and divorce under section 91(26) of the Constitution Act, 1867 . The main piece of federal legislation governing the issues arising upon married spouses’ separation and the requirements for divorce is the Divorce Act .

6. Divorce Act (Canada) - Wikipedia

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   In Ontario, there was no pre-Confederation divorce law, although several efforts had been made prior to Confederation to bring it about. [13] Newfoundland never enacted a divorce law prior to entering Confederation in 1949, and the local courts did not grant judicial separations until 1948. [14]

7. Court system of Canada - Wikipedia

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   The first is the term "provincial court", which has two quite different meanings, depending on context. The first, and most general meaning, is that a provincial court is a court established by the legislature of a province, under its constitutional authority over the administration of justice in the province, set out in s. 92(14) of the Constitution Act, 1867. [2]