Law 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Divorce Act (Canada), Civil Marriage Act, Child Support

• School: Western University
• Department: Law
• Course: Law 2101
• Professor: Mysty Sybil Clapton

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Or defe(cid:272)t is (cid:862)(cid:272)u(cid:396)ed(cid:863) (cid:271)(cid:455) legislati(cid:448)e p(cid:396)o(cid:448)isio(cid:374: e(cid:454)a(cid:373)ple: s. (cid:1007)(cid:1005) of o(cid:374)ta(cid:396)io"s marriage act (p. f-8) No p(cid:396)o(cid:271)le(cid:373)s (cid:449)ith pa(cid:396)t(cid:374)e(cid:396)s" (cid:272)apa(cid:272)it(cid:455) to (cid:373)a(cid:396)(cid:396)(cid:455) o(cid:374)e a(cid:374)othe(cid:396: examples: not too closely related by blood / of sufficient age. Formal validity - ceremonial formalities needed for valid marriage. Essential validity - capacity of partners to marry one another. Importance of distinction: one is federal; other is provincial, validity of marriages with foreign elements. Example: canadians who reside in ontario marry in mexico. Federal - s. 91(26) of constitution act, 1867: formal validity. Provincial - s. 91(12) of constitution act, 1867. Determining validity of marriage with foreign element: capacity to marry is determined by law of pre-marriage domicile of each person, formal requirements are determined by place of marriage. Two persons who are domiciled in canada marry one another in costa rica. Capacity to marry one another governed by canadian law. Formal requirements governed by law of costa rica.