Family Relations Act definition
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Section 4 of the Interpretation Act provides a default rule that the Act will be used upon it becoming effective, so cases started under the Family Relations Act will be determined under the Family Law Act.
If the Credit Union receives notice of a possible claim against, or interest in, any of the accounts under any court order, statutory demand, or under the Family Relations Act, as amended from time to time, or under any legislation substituted for that Act, the Credit Union may refuse to permit the Depositor to have any dealings with any of the accounts, even if funds stand to the credit in any such Account.
Section 65(1) of the Family Relations Act … specifically invited the court to consider circumstances relating to acquisition, preservation, maintenance or improvement of family assets in relation to an application for unequal division of family property.
Section 85(1)(c) of the Act was a departure from the law established under the Family Relations Act … that compensation for past wage losses was not a family asset.
Retirement Benefit upon Separation or DivorceOn marriage breakdown effective July 1, 1995 or later, which includes separation and divorce, the Trustees of the Plan are bound by the Family Relations Act.
Significance is obviously not the same as extinguishment; and it is notable that the Act has narrowed the court’s discretion from its predecessor, the Family Relations Act.
The Family Relations Act did not provide any guidance on valuation date.
On divorce, Kathleen argued that the agreement should be set aside on common law principles or alternatively that the distribution of assets should be reapportioned because the agreement was unfair under the British Columbia Family Relations Act 1996.149 The trial judge held that there had been no duress, coercion, or undue influence, and that the agreement was not unconscionable.
The broad judicial discretion formerly available under the [Family Relations Act] has been replaced with a more formulaic approach to both the identification and division of family property.
According to the white paper released by the Ministry of the Attorney General in 2010, the chief concerns about the property scheme under the Family Relations Act involved the high degree of discretion available to the court and the consequent uncertainty as to outcome in any given case:12 British Columbia’s current law relies heavily on judicial discretion to sort out property division disputes.