Divorce
Termination of marriage in Canada is covered by the federal Divorce Act (RSC 1985 c. 3 (2nd Supp.)).
A divorce may be granted for one of the following reasons:
- the marriage has irretrievably broken down, and the two parties have been living apart for a year (s.8(2)(a) of the Act)
- one party has committed adultery (s.8(2)(b)(i) of the Act)
- one party has treated the other party "with physical or mental cruelty of such a kind as to render intolerable the continued cohabitation of the spouses" (s.8(2)(b)(ii) of the Act)
Key headings of the Divorce Act:
Interpretation
Jurisdiction
Divorce
Child support orders
Spousal support orders
Priority
Custody orders
Variation, rescission or suspension of orders
Provisional orders
Appeals
General
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