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The provincial ''[http://canlii.ca/t/8481 Name Act]'' is the law that deals with changes of name, both for a married spouse following divorce and for anyone who hankers to be called something different. (The process is fairly simple for a spouse following divorce.) The ''[http://canlii.ca/t/84fk Vital Statistics Act]'' talks about the registration of new births and about the naming of infants, and should be read if you're thinking of calling your child something different like Moon Unit or Blue Ivy. | The provincial ''[http://canlii.ca/t/8481 Name Act]'' is the law that deals with changes of name, both for a married spouse following divorce and for anyone who hankers to be called something different. (The process is fairly simple for a spouse following divorce.) The ''[http://canlii.ca/t/84fk Vital Statistics Act]'' talks about the registration of new births and about the naming of infants, and should be read if you're thinking of calling your child something different like Moon Unit or Blue Ivy. | ||
==International Treaties== | |||
Canada is a signatory to many multilateral international agreements, from agreements about the treatment of prisoners in wartime to agreements about money laundering. In family law, the two most important treaties concern the wrongful removal of children and the rights of children. | |||
The [http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=conventions.text&cid=24 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction] says what signatory countries must do when someone has wrongfully taken a child into that country. The convention says how someone from the departure country can make an application for an order in the destination country for the return of the child, the defences that can be made to an application, the different orders the court in the destination country can make, and the factors that court must consider in making those orders. | |||
The [Media:Crc.pdf UN Convention on the Rights of the Child] (PDF) is | |||
More information about enforcing custody orders under the Hague Convention, including the current list of signatory nations, is available in the Other Family Law Issues > Enforcing Orders & Agreements chapter. | |||
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