Report on Federal-Provincial-Territorial Consultations on Custody, Access and Child Support in Canada

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Table of Contents

• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• INTRODUCTION
  • Report Structure
    • Summary Report
    • Appendices
  • The Family Law Committee
• THE CONSULTATION PROGRAM
  • Purpose of the Consultation
  • Methodology
    • Design of the Consultation Program
    • Development and Distribution of the Consultation Document and Feedback Booklet
    • Development and Use of the Discussion Guide
    • Receipt of Briefs and Letters
    • Implementation of the Workshops
• SUMMARY OF THE CONSULTATIONS: WORKSHOPS AND SUBMISSIONS
  • Best Interests of Children
    • Specifying Factors in the Divorce Act
    • Specific Factors
    • The Opinion of Youth Participants
  • Roles and Responsibilities of Parents
    • Factors Enabling Good Parenting After Separation or Divorce
    • Awareness of and Improvements to Services
    • Using Terms Other Than Custody and Access
    • Options for Legislative Terminology
    • Summary of Predominant Themes on Terminology
  • Family Violence
    • Issues Facing Children
    • How Well Does the Family Law System Promote the Safety of Children and Others?
    • Terminology and Legislation: Messages and Specific Issues
    • Perspectives on the Five Legislative Options
    • Mechanisms for Ensuring Implementation of Legislation
    • Improvements to Services
  • High Conflict Relationships
    • Promoting the Best Interests of Children
    • Legislative Approaches
    • Legislative Options
    • Improvements to Services
  • Children's Perspectives
    • Taking Children's Perspectives into Account
    • Should Children's Perspectives be Better Incorporated?
    • How to Incorporate Children's Perspectives
  • Meeting Access Responsibilities
    • Encouraging Parents to Meet Access Responsibilities
    • Promoting Meeting Access Responsibilities Through the Law
    • Services to Support Meeting Access Responsibilities
  • Child Support
    • Child Support in Shared Custody Situations
    • Impact of Access Costs on Child Support Amounts
    • Child Support for Children at or Over the Age of Majority
    • Child Support Obligations of a Spouse Who Stands in Place of a Parent
• SUMMARY OF THE CONSULTATIONS
  • Best Interests of Children
  • Roles and Responsibilities of Parents
  • Family Violence
  • High Conflict Relationships
  • Children's Perspectives
  • Meeting Access Responsibilities
  • Child Support
    • Child Support in Shared Custody Situations
    • Impact of Access Costs on Child Support Amounts
    • Child Support for Children at or Over the Age of Majority
  • Aboriginal Perspectives
  • Services
• NEXT STEPS
• APPENDIX A: REPORT ON YOUTH WORKSHOPS
• APPENDIX B: REPORT ON ABORIGINAL WORKSHOP
• APPENDIX C: REPORT ON PROVINCIAL AND TERRITORIAL WORKSHOPS
  • Alberta
  • British Columbia
  • Manitoba
  • New Brunswick
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Northwest Territories
  • Nova Scotia
  • Nunavut
  • Ontario
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Quebec
  • Saskatchewan
  • Yukon
• APPENDIX D: LIST OF BRIEFS AND BACKGROUND MATERIALS RECEIVED