Chapter 1
Family Structures and Canadian Family Law
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From: Canadian Family Law
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This chapter included a definition of family and family law as defined in federal, provincial and territorial legislation, as well as, how it has evolved over time.
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Contributors
Julien D. Payne
Julien D. Payne, CM, QC, LLD, LSM, FRSC, is one of Canada’s pre-eminent family law specialists and has been called the architect of Unified Family Courts and no-fault divorce. He has taught family law at the universities of Alberta, Ottawa, Western Ontario, and Saskatchewan, and has written very extensively about family law and family dispute resolution. He is the author of Payne on Divorce, 4th ed (Carswell, 1996), and is the co-author with his wife, Marilyn, of Canadian Family Law and its companion text, Child Support Guidelines in Canada, 2022, both of which are published by Irwin Law. His writings have been cited more than 2,000 times by trial courts and appellate courts in Canada, including the Supreme Court of Canada. He was awarded the Law Society Medal by the Law Society of Upper Canada in 2002 and was made a member of the Order of Canada in 2004.
Marilyn A. Payne
Marilyn A. Payne is an experienced author and the founding editor of the loose-leaf service Payne’s Divorce and Family Law Digest, 1980–1999. She is the co-author of Canadian Family Law and Child Support Guidelines in Canada, 2022 (Irwin Law).
