Report on Family Law Research in Nunavut

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 1.1 Purpose of the Research
  • 1.2 Partnership and Participatory Research
  • 1.3 The Program of Research
  • 1.4 Overview of the Report
• 2. CONTEXT
  • 2.1 Profile of the Territory
  • 2.2 Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) and Inuit Families
  • 2.3 The Justice System in Nunavut
  • 2.4 Summary of the Context
• 3. RESEARCH RESULTS: MAIN ISSUES
  • 3.1 The Family Unit in Nunavut
  • 3.2 Custom Adoption
  • 3.3 Marriage and Common-Law Relationships
  • 3.4 Break-Ups in Nunavut
  • 3.5 Property and Support Issues Between Spouses
  • 3.6 Matrimonial Home
  • 3.7 Children and their Families
  • 3.8 Contact with Non-residential Parents
  • 3.9 Payment of Support
• 4. RESULTS OF RESEARCH PROGRAM: PROCESS, SERVICES AND INFORMATION
  • 4.1 Resolving Custody and Support Issues
  • 4.2 Family Law Services
  • 4.3 Legal Information
• 5. CONCLUSIONS
  • 5.1 Research Results: Changing Families
  • 5.2 Research Results: Separation and Divorce
  • 5.3 Application of Findings
  • 5.4 Implications for Policy and Program Development
• APPENDIX ONE: Methodology and Recommendations for Future Researchers
• APPENDIX TWO: Survey Instrument, Household Survey
• APPENDIX THREE: Survey Instrument, Service Inventory
• APPENDIX FOUR: Nunavut Family Law Strategy
• APPENDIX FIVE: Partial List of Meeting Participants
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• LIST OF CASES
• ENDNOTES

LIST OF TABLES

• Table 1. Distribution of Nunavut Households by Number of People
• Table 2. Distribution of Nunavut Household Members by Relationship to Respondents
• Table 3. Distribution of Respondents by Household Composition
• Table 4. Distribution of Respondents' Household Composition at Birth
• Table 5. Distribution of Respondents by Relationship to Adoptive Parents, by Gender of Respondents
• Table 6. Distribution of Respondents by Marital Status at Time of Interview
• Table 7. Distribution of Respondents by Current Marital or Common-law Status
• Table 8. Distribution of Respondents Ever Participating in a Common-law Relationship
• Table 9. Distribution of Respondents by Partner's Previous Common-law Relationship and by Current Relationship Status
• Table 10. Distribution of Relationships by Partner's Marital Status at the Beginning of the Relationship
• Table 11. Distribution of Respondents' Partners with Previous Children
• Table 12. Marriage Expectations of Unmarried and Common-law Respondents
• Table 13. Distribution of Respondents by Reported Relative Income, by Gender
• Table 14. Distribution of Respondents' Income By Source
• Table 15. Distribution of Respondents' Housing Type by Type of Union and by Gender
• Table 16. Distribution of Single-Parent Respondents by Marital Status
• Table 17. Non-residential Parent Contact by Type of Contact and by Gender of Respondent
• Table 18. Distribution of Non-resident Parents' Contact by Distance
• Table 19. Distribution of Respondents' Familiarity with Maintenance Enforcement and Child Support Services
• Table 20. Distribution of Respondents' Awareness of Selected Family Law Services
• Table 21. Distribution of Services Used by Respondent by Type and by Gender
• Table 22. Distribution of Respondents' Preferred Means of Obtaining Information
• Table 23. Distribution of Respondents' Preferred Media for Obtaining Information

LIST OF FIGURES

• Figure 1. Distribution of Age at Which Respondents Became First-Time Parents
• Figure 2. Distribution of Current Relationships by Type and Length
• Figure 3. Family Structures of Families with Children
• Figure 4. Distribution of Respondents' Arrangements Regarding Children

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