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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. 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 .

4. 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 ...

5. Ontario Court of Justice - Wikipedia

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   The Ontario Court of Justice is the provincial court of record [6] for the Canadian province of Ontario. The court sits at more than 200 locations across the province and oversees matters relating to family law , criminal law , and provincial offences.

6. Family Law (Canadian TV series) - Wikipedia

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   Family Law is a Canadian legal drama television series that premiered in Italy on Sky Investigation on July 6, 2021, and in Canada on Global on September 16, 2021. [1 ...

7. M v H - Wikipedia

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   M v H [1999] 2 S.C.R. 3, is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on the rights of cohabiting same-sex couples to equal treatment under the law. The court found that the definition of spouse in section 29 of Ontario's Family Law Act, which extended spousal support rights to unmarried cohabiting opposite-sex couples but not same-sex couples, was discriminatory and therefore ...