Difference between revisions of "Divorce Act"

In other words, a child of the marriage is someone who is less than 19 years old, the age of majority in British Columbia, or who is 19 and older if the child cannot support him- or herself. Since only people qualifying as ''spouses'' are obliged to pay child support, the definition of child of the marriage is expanded in s. 2(2) to include stepparents:

The ''Divorce Act'' is going to change in 2020, as a result of [https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/bill/C-78/third-reading Bill C-78]. Among other things, how we talk about the care of children will change. We will be talking about "parenting orders" and "parenting plans" that cover "decision-making responsibilities," "parenting time" and "contact" with a child. Other changes will:

#expand the things courts and parents have to think about when deciding what is in the best interests of children;

#require parents to protect the children from their conflict;

#require parents to try to resolve family law disputes out of court before going to court; and,

#implement new rules for when one parent wants to move with a child away from the other parents.