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• Title:Unpacking family law for practitioners / Melanie Kraft and Adam Prewer.
  
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• Author/Creator:Kraft, Melanie, author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Prewer, Adam, author.
  
• Published/Created:Toronto, Ontario : LexisNexis Canada, a member of the LexisNexis Group, [2022]
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KE539 .K73 2022
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:c.1 On loan - Due on 06-12-2024
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Domestic relations--Canada.
  
• Description:1 volume (various pagings) ; 23 cm
  
• Summary:"This book is a practical guide that covers the fundamentals of family law for students, junior lawyers, and those newly-acquainted with family law. It addresses court procedure as well as everything from the definition of "family" through to separation, property division, child support, and spousal support. This is an invaluable guide to the day-to-day issues that arise in the practice of family law."-- Provided by publisher.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
  
• ISBN:9780433498858 (softcover)
  0433498854 (softcover)
  
• Contents:Chapter 1: The changing definition of "family" ; The definition of "family" ; Trends in family law ; Constitutional issues in family law ; Legal remedies available ; Regulating marriage
  Chapter 2: Violence in the family ; Legal responses to family violence ; Decision-making and parenting issues in the face of family violence ; Child protection ; Tort law
  Chapter 3: Court structure and family law procedure ; Court structure ; Family law procedure ; The process of starting a family law case ; Alternatives to going to court ; Additional resources available in family court
  Chapter 4: Property rights ; Historical context ; Legal reform in the area of property division ; Equalization: Sharing the economic gain of marriage ; Rights of common-law spouses to property division
  Chapter 5: Decision-making responsibility and parenting time ; Recent amendments to the Divorce Act ; Parenting orders ; Views and preferences of the child ; Custody and access assessments ; Parenting plans ; High conflict separations
  Parental alienation ; Alternatives to litigating parenting issues
  Chapter 6: Child support ; Basic principles of child support ; The Child Support Guidelines and how to use them ; What constitutes a Section 7 expense? ; How to calculate income of a payor ; Incomes over $150,000 ; How to conduct annual disclosure and review ; What happens if there is shared or split custody? ; What if the payor has children from another marriage? ; What happens if there are two payors? ; Child support for an adult child ; Child support where the child and the payor are estranged ; Undue hardship ; Contracting out of the Guidelines Retroactive child support
  Chapter 7: Spousal support ; Legislative provisions ; Principles of spousal support ; Entitlement to spousal support ; Quantum and duration of spousal support ; The Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines and how to use them ; Retroactive spousal support
  Chapter 8: Domestic contracts ; A brief history of contracts in family law ; Types of domestic contracts ; Formal requirements of domestic contracts ; Setting aside domestic contracts ; Effect of enforceable and valid contracts
  Chapter 9: The matrimonial home ; Part II of the Family Law Act ; Order for exclusive possession ; Partition and sale of the matrimonial home ; Possessory rights in the matrimonial home ; Occupation rights of common-law spouses
  Chapter 10: Reproductive technology ; All Families Are Equal Act, Bill 28 ; Presumptions concerning parentage ; Surrogacy and gamete donation ; Assisted Human Reproduction Act
  Chapter 11: Motions to change ; Motion to change procedure ; The legal test on a motion to change
  Chapter 12: How to settle a family law case ; Direct negotiations ; Mediation ; Arbitration ; Going to court.