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On November 23, 2011, the Legislative Assembly enacted the Family Law Act, which uses gender-neutral language with regard to married spouses. The Assembly also amended the Marriage Act to replace all references to "husband and wife" with "spouses" and to add "or spouse" in section 20(c). [8]
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.
The new Family Law Act in British Columbia, enacted in March 2013 allows for up to four parents to be listed on a birth registration. The act allows for donors to be listed a birth parents so long as the donor signs written consent prior to conception [ 14 ]
Family Law Act may refer to: Family Law Act 1975, Australia; Family Law Act 1996, UK; Family Law Act (Alberta), Canada; Ontario Family Law Act, Canada
“Family Law Reform in (Neoliberal) Context: British Columbia's New Family Law Act”, (2014) 28:1 International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 77-99 (with R. Treloar). “‘Marriage is More Than Just a Piece of Paper’: Feminist Critiques of Same Sex Marriage.” (2013) 8(2) National Taiwan University Law Review 263-298
Grant's Law; H. Human Rights Code (British Columbia) L. Local Government Act (British Columbia) P. ... Sexual Violence and Misconduct Policy Act (British Columbia)
The BC Family Maintenance Enforcement Program (FMEP) is a Provincial Government service established by the British Columbia Ministry of Justice in 1988. The program monitors and enforces maintenance orders and agreements for child support and spousal support . [ 1 ]
The Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa, west of Parliament Hill. The legal system of Canada is pluralist: its foundations lie in the English common law system (inherited from its period as a colony of the British Empire), the French civil law system (inherited from its French Empire past), [1] [2] and Indigenous law systems [3] developed by the various Indigenous Nations.