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Family Law Long Summary Historical Context of Family Law........................................................................................................................ 7 Present Day Defining Families............................................................................................................................ 7 Sefton Holdings v Cairns (Eng CA) 1988............................................................................................................................................................... 8 Jane Doe v Alberta (2007) (Alb CA)......................................................................................................................................................................... 9 JH v FA (2009) ONCA...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9

MARRIAGE............................................................................................................................................................... 10 Concept of Marriage and Cohabitation:............................................................................................................................................. 10 Opt in or Opt Out Solution....................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Constitutional Authority for Regulating Marriage................................................................................................ 11 Federal Power: Law of Annulment – Void and Voidable Marriages.................................................................. 11 Determining Validity of Marriage............................................................................................................................... 12 STEP 1: Divorce VS Annulment Requirements:..................................................................................................................... 12 STEP 2: CL Definition of CAPACITY TO MARRY...................................................................................................................... 12 1 – Capacity to Marry: Same Sex Marriage and Parliamentary Reform:................................................................................. 12 Issue: Same Sex Marriages Given to Non-Canadian Citizens...................................................................................................................... 13 Halpern v Canada (AG) (2002 ONCA)............................................................................................................................................................. 14 Re Same Sex Marriage (2004 SCC)................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Hincks v Gallardo (2013 ONSC)......................................................................................................................................................................... 14 2 - Consent to Marriage......................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Mental Capacity to Consent Case Law..................................................................................................................................................... 17 Durham v Durham 1885 EN............................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Predatory Marriages.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 17 Banton v Banton (1998)....................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Re: Sung Estate......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 CMD v RRS (2005 BC Sup Ct) Intoxication.................................................................................................................................................... 18 Duress and Undue Influence Case law.................................................................................................................................................... 18 Thompson v Thompson (1971, Sask QB) (depressed)............................................................................................................................. 18 Scott v Sebright (1886) (Subjective Test)...................................................................................................................................................... 19 Cooper v Cran (1891) (b/w objective and subjective test).................................................................................................................... 19 Buckland v Buckland (1967 PDA Div) (objective test)............................................................................................................................ 19 S(A) v S(A) – Duress in Canada.......................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Pascuzzi v Pascuzzi (1955 HC).......................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Limited Purpose Marriage Case Law....................................................................................................................................................... 20 Iantsis v Paptheodorou (1979 ONCA)............................................................................................................................................................. 20 3 - Was there Capacity to Consummate?..................................................................................................................................................... 20 Capacity to Consummate Case Law........................................................................................................................................................... 21 Gajmugan v Gajmugan (1979 ON HC) (TEST)............................................................................................................................................ 21 Norman v Norman (1979 Ont Fam Ct).......................................................................................................................................................... 21 Juretic v Ruiz (1999 BCCA).................................................................................................................................................................................. 22 Sangha v Aujila (2002 BCSC)............................................................................................................................................................................. 22 JG v SSS (2004, BCSC)............................................................................................................................................................................................. 22 Sahibalzubaidi v Bahjat (2011, ONSC).......................................................................................................................................................... 22 4 – Prohibited Degrees of Consanguinity and Affinity....................................................................................................................... 23 5 – No Prior Subsisting Marriage.................................................................................................................................................................... 23 BC Reference Case: Bountiful Community (Mormon) 2011.................................................................................................................. 24 6 – Age and Validity of Marriage...................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Legebokoff v Legebokoff (1982 BCSC)............................................................................................................................................................ 25

STEP 3 – Must Adhere to Provincial Statutes Formalities.............................................................................................. 25 Alspector v Alspector (1957, ONCA)................................................................................................................................................................ 27 Debora v Debora (1999, ONCA)........................................................................................................................................................................ 27

Marriage and the Need for Law Reform  POLICY............................................................................................................. 28 1

Family Formation – Parent-Child Relationship........................................................................................... 28 Parens Patria Jurisdiction – Guiding Principle............................................................................................................................... 29 Biological Children.......................................................................................................................................................... 29 1. Vital Statistics Act:.................................................................................................................................................................................. 29 2. Biological Fathers and Access Rights............................................................................................................................................. 30 Biological Children Case Law.................................................................................................................................................................................. 31 Trociuk v BC (AG) 2003 SCC................................................................................................................................................................................ 31 Kreklewetz v Scopel (2002 ONCA) (ONT Trociuk Case).......................................................................................................................... 32 Gallant v Lewis (2008 ON Sup Ct).................................................................................................................................................................... 32 Johnson-Steeves v Lee (1997 QB) (Fathers and access).......................................................................................................................... 32 GES v DLC (2005 SKQB)........................................................................................................................................................................................ 33

Assisted Reproduction................................................................................................................................................... 33 1. Historical Understanding:............................................................................................................................................................. 33 2. Federal Assisted Human Reproductive Act (2004)...................................................................................................... 34 3. Assisted Reproduction Common Issue: Registration and Parentage Claims................................................34 1 - Historical Issue of Registration and Parentage Claims.......................................................................................................................... 34 2 - THE ALL FAMILIES ARE EQUAL ACT – SO, 2016: Changed Presumptions Concerning Parentage....................35 A) Reasoning Behind Legislation:.................................................................................................................................................................... 35 B) Changed Presumptions Concerning Parentage:................................................................................................................................... 36 C) General Declaration of Parentage/Non-Parentage:........................................................................................................................... 36 D) Pre-Conception Parentage Agreements  Same Sex Couples (often)........................................................................................ 37 E) Surrogacy Agreements:................................................................................................................................................................................... 37 F) Surrogacy Agreements of MORE than 4 Parents:................................................................................................................................. 38 G) Posthumous conception:................................................................................................................................................................................. 38 F) Restrictions on this Act:................................................................................................................................................................................... 38

New Problems for Family Law and Assisted Reproduction Policy.................................................................... 38 Disclosure and Privacy Issues:................................................................................................................................................................................. 39 Pratten v BC (AG) (2012 BCCA).............................................................................................................................................................................. 39

Assisted Reproduction Case Law.................................................................................................................................................... 40 In the Matter of Baby M (1988) US CASE........................................................................................................................................................... 40 Birth Registration and Declaration of Parentage in Assisted Reproduction................................................................................. 40 JR v LH (2002 Sup Ct).................................................................................................................................................................................................. 40 Rypkema v BC (2003 BC)..................................................................................................................................................................................... 41 BAN v JH (2008 BC)................................................................................................................................................................................................ 41 MD v LL (2008 ON Sup Ct)........................................................................................................................................................................................ 41 WJQM v AMA (2011 SKQB).................................................................................................................................................................................. 42 JC v Manitoba (2000 MBQB) Birth registration prior birth.................................................................................................................. 42

Same Sex Parents: Challenging (heterosexual) norms of Birth Registration and Parentage:....................................42 Gill v Murray (2001 BCHRT).................................................................................................................................................................................... 42 Rutherford v Ontario (Deputy Registrar General) (2006 Sup Ct)............................................................................................................ 42

Three Parent’s in “Law”............................................................................................................................................................................ 43 AA v BB and CC (2007 ONCA).................................................................................................................................................................................. 43 DWH v DJR (2007 ABCA)...................................................................................................................................................................................... 43 C(MA) v K(M) (2009 ONCJ)................................................................................................................................................................................. 43

Post CLRA Reform (2016) Cases............................................................................................................................................................ 44 MRR v JM (2017 ONSC)............................................................................................................................................................................................... 44 PP v DD (2017 ONCA)................................................................................................................................................................................................. 44

Adoptive Children............................................................................................................................................................ 44 1 – Context of Adoption: History & Current Approaches............................................................................................................. 44 2 – Two Routes of Adoption Process.................................................................................................................................................... 45 3 – Steps to Determine Adoption - Child and Family Services Act, Part VII and Case Law..........................................45 STEP 1: What is required to set up an adoption?............................................................................................................................................ 45 STEP 2: How will an adoption of a child be determined?............................................................................................................................ 46 STEP 3: What are the repercussions of an adoption?.................................................................................................................................... 46 STEP 4: Progression towards OPEN Adoptions – Relationship................................................................................................................. 46 STEP 5: What is the OPENNESS required in Adoption DISCLOSURE?.................................................................................................... 47 STEP 6: Is this a Custom Adoption?....................................................................................................................................................................... 47 STEP 7: Is this an Interracial Adoption? (& AB policy)................................................................................................................................. 48

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