Family Law

Most Divorce Act services give you little more than case summaries focusing only upon the law of divorce and not the actual practice. The authors of Canadian Divorce Law and Practice keep the practitioner clearly in mind.

Child Support Guidelines Law and Practice, Second Edition is an all-inclusive, contemporary practice tool to help lawyers and scholars comprehend and implement important guidelines. This edition comes with a comprehensive collection of authoritative annotations to the Federal Child Support Guidelines. In order to accommodate the rapid growth of case law in this area, the publication now spans over two volumes supplemented with an in-depth section-by-section coverage.

Child Support Guidelines in Canada, 2022 continues the tradition of presenting comprehensive, current caselaw and analysis in a very practical and easily accessible format. Relevant cases from every Canadian province and territory are cited in support of the principles set out in the textual commentary.

Also available in print at the CCLA Library front desk.

Parenting Law and Practice in Canada guides the practitioner through all aspects of law and practice related to custody and access in Canada. The expert commentary covers the stages of a custody access proceeding including interim proceedings, and decisions on the merits, enforcement, variation, and appeals. This work examines the substantive and procedural law as well as negotiation, tactical, and advocacy skills. Alternative dispute resolution methods are considered, as are other topics of current interest such as the expansion of access rights, including access for grandparents, child representation, mobility rights, and the effect of religion upon custody and access.