8,081
edits
Changes
→The Divorce Act
When hearing a matter under the ''Divorce Act'' and making decisions about children, the court must now consider a long list of best interests of the child factors, which includes family violence factors. The factors are set out at section 16(3) of the ''Divorce Act'' and include things like:
* the history of the children's care,* the children's views and preferences,
* each spouse's plan for the care of the children,
* the extent to which each spouse will support the children's relationship with the other spouse, and