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296 PART S Changes in the Family Paul's Experience of Divorce Maria and Francis married when they were both in their mid-20s. Francis worked as an engineer for a large automotive company and Maria was a financial consultant wid a growing list of clients. Much to their joy, Paul was born one year after theis marriage The By the time Paul was seven years old, Maria and Francis were hardly talking to each other except to argue about Paul. Francis was much more permissive than Maria who said she needed Paul to be quiet and well-behaved so she could work from home. When Paul was eight, the couple separated and the divorce was finalized two years later. The judge granted their request for shared custody. Since both had deceve jobs, Maria was able to afford to stay in the family home, and Francis moved to an apartment half an hour away. Paul spent one week with Maria and the next with Francis. In the weeks with Francis, Paul stayed at the daycare after school until Francis picked him up. When he was with Maria, Paul often walked home with a friend,i From the start, Paul had been a "problem child" at school, calling other children names and occasionally bullying them. After his parents' separation, he began acting even more aggressively. He gave a classmate a black eye when he was taunted for being a baby. Because the school had a no-violence policy, he was suspended for a week. He swore at the principal and accused her of unfairness. Maria and Francis had several meetings at the school with the principal, Paul's teacher, and a counsellor. On the advice of school staff, Paul started to see a psychologist. Both Francis and Maria were included in the first two sessions. Five years after the divorce, Paul is much calmer and he is doing well at his junior high school. His grades are good, and he is a star on the soccer and basket- ball teams at school. He still goes back and forth between Maria and Francis, but they have all established a steady routine. 1. What are some of the social factors that have affected Paul and his family? 2. What do you think has caused Paul's difficulties? Identify his stressors and his pro- tective factors. noi do differently? 3. Imagine you were one of the people in this story. What would Summary What Is the History of Divorce in Canada?

what is the history of divorce in Canada?

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History of divorce in Canada:

* Divorce law is under Pederal Turisdication In 1968, canad's fiest unified divore laco was passid. * Before 1986, in marital breakdown was cited as the reason for livorce, a couple had to have lived Three years apart before they could obtais a divorce

10 * I 1986, a revised Divorce act 11985) was proclaimed es force * The revised act iscluded a "no-paulk" divorce and The sole reason for divorce Now is marriage break down, which is defined as either living apart for atleast one year on committing adultery or Treating The The spouse with modical a physical auelty.

History:

• Divorce governed by law colonial government prior to confederation in 1867.
• Matrimonial cause act.
• Civil code of lower Canada.