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CTV: Calls for a unified family court system​ and further changes to Canada’s Divorce Act

March 29, 2021

CTV News recently spotlighted the changes in Canada’s Divorce Act, interviewing the Luke’s Place Legal Director, Pamela Cross. Among other revisions, the new Act includes a definition of family violence as it relates to the best interests of the child. From the article: “We’re very unhappy with the way the language around decision-making responsibility is worded,” Cross told CTV News in a phone interview.“In the old days,

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