D - Geography 12 - Today we'll continue our look at resources, resource use, and management issues. We'll talk again about renewable and non-renewable resources along with the four ethical views on resource use (economic/exploitation; preservationist; balanced-multiple use; and ecological or sustainable). We'll examine your answers to the water consumption activity I asked you to look at for the last week and I'll spend some time going through what to expect on the case study for your exam. Tomorrow
C - Law 12 - Friday we looked at annulment; separation (living separate and apart) and separation agreements; and divorce. Today we'll quickly look at property division and support obligations. We'll look at: the equal division rule; spousal support and self sufficiency; and the types of child guardianship, access, and child support. When we finish this we'll begin watching "The War of the Roses" in class.
So since we're "hither and yon" working on our project here are a few notes to help you prep for the exam:
In BC the Family Relations Act deals with the division of property between spouses on the termination of a marriage. In this, the law recognizes marriage as a relationship where each spouse is an equal contributor and therefore spouses are entitled to share the value of everything acquired during the marriage. The Act specifically states that each spouse is entitled to one-half interest in all family assets upon the breakdown of a marriage this would be the Equal Division Rule.
Spousal Support obligations (money paid by one spouse to another after marriage breakdown) are established through the Divorce Act, 1985, which is a federal statute. Through this act there are four objectives that are considered when determining spousal support: economic advantages or disadvantages arising from the divorce; financial consequences for the care of children above and beyond child-support; economic hardship of the spouses from the divorce; and the promotion of economic self-sufficiency within a reasonable amount of time.
In Canada the best interests of the child determine both custody/guardianship (which parent the children of a marriage will live with) and access (what visitation rights are given to the other parent). Sole custody is when legal guardianship of a child is granted to one parent only while joint custody is when both parents have a shared responsibility to raise a child after divorce. What factors determine guardianship/custody?
- Stability of the home environment
- Separation of Siblings
- Parental Conduct
- Children's wishes (over 14 years children are very seriously listened to - the older the child the more seriously they are listened to)
Tomorrow I'll post information on Child Support and then we'll begin the War of the Roses
A - Introduction to Law 9/10 - Today we are back in the library for our penultimate (second to last) day for work on our Forensic Science web page project. This assignment is due on Friday (Jan 21st) so it would be wise of you to accomplish as much as you can in the next two days. On Friday I'll need you to post your URL (Uniform Resource Locator or web page address) as a comment to this blog and I'll have your assignment marked by Monday morning (Jan 24th). Your final marks will be posted outside of room 611 by mid next week. Work hard!
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