The Divorce Act (French: Loi sur le divorce) is the federal Act that governs divorce in Canada. The Constitution of Canada gives the federal Parliament...

The Divorce Act may refer to: Divorce Act (Canada) Indian Divorce Act Divorce Act (New Zealand) Divorce law This disambiguation page lists articles associated...

Parliament of Canada has exclusive legislative authority over marriage and divorce in Canada under section 91(26) of the Constitution Act, 1867. However...

to enact the first Divorce Act which applied throughout Canada. This means that Canada's divorce law is now uniform throughout Canada, including Quebec...

issues. In Canada before 1968, the only grounds for divorce were adultery or cruelty. However, in 1968, the Divorce Act was amended to permit divorce for other...

of the Constitution of Canada. The act created a federal dominion and defines much of the operation of the Government of Canada, including its federal...

the Divorce Act to permit same-sex divorce. However, prior to 2013, a married couple (same-sex or opposite-sex) could file for divorce in Canada only...

was no uniform federal divorce law in Canada. Although the Divorce Act (Canada) is a federal Act that governs divorce in Canada, applying to all the country...

event of a divorce but also protects some property during the marriage, for instance in case of bankruptcy. Many countries, including Canada, France, Italy...

Divorce (also known as dissolution of marriage) is the process of terminating a marriage or marital union. Divorce usually entails the canceling or reorganising...

spousal support In Canada, spousal support may be awarded upon divorce, under the federal Divorce Act, or upon separation without divorce under provincial...

Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 85) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act reformed the law on divorce, moving litigation...

uniform across Canada, as well as to marriage and divorce law, which is also the same across the country, under the 1986 Divorce Act (Canada) (although...

private bills. Hybrid bills become public acts. Divorce in Canada prior to the passage of the Divorce Act of 1968 was sometimes handled by private laws...

replaced by Divorce Act, 1985 Canada Wildlife Act, 1973 National Symbol of Canada Act, 1975 Anti-Inflation Act 1975 Immigration Act, 1976 Canadian Human Rights...

Christian views on divorce find their basis both in biblical sources and in texts authored by the Church Fathers of the early Christian Church, who were...

The Indian Act (French: Loi sur les Indiens) is a Canadian Act of Parliament that concerns registered Indians, their bands, and the system of Indian reserves...

Maintenance Act, and parts of the Provincial Court Act and the Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act in that province. While the federal Divorce Act governs...

Collaborative law, also known as collaborative practice, divorce, or family law, is a legal process through which couples who have decided to separate...

separation (sometimes judicial separation, separate maintenance, divorce a mensa et thoro, or divorce from bed-and-board) is a legal process by which a married...

passage of the Divorce Act in 1968, there was no divorce legislation in either Quebec or Newfoundland. The only way for couples to get divorced in these provinces...

Family law in Canada concerns the body of Canadian law dealing with domestic partnerships, marriage, and divorce. In Canada, family law is primarily statute-based...

under Canada's Divorce Act, domicile has been replaced as the basis for which a provincial court has jurisdiction to hear and determine a divorce proceeding...

end their marriage if they obtained a private act of Parliament. Since 1968, divorce law throughout Canada is under exclusive jurisdiction of the federal...

Association. The federal divorce law was changed to allow a woman to divorce her husband on the same grounds that a man could divorce his wife – simple adultery...

Peregrym married American actor Zachary Levi in June 2014. Peregrym filed for divorce in April 2015, listing the date of separation as December 3, 2014. Peregrym...

marry Wallis Simpson, an American, who was divorced from her first husband and was in the process of divorcing her second. The marriage was opposed by the...

in the Constitution Act, 1867 (originally called the British North America Act, 1867), a key document in the Constitution of Canada. Some amendments to...

The Parliament of Canada (French: Parlement du Canada) is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three...

and drew attention to the Act of Settlement's bar on Catholics ascending to the throne, and prompted calls in both Canada and the United Kingdom for...