Judge Christine Marlewski kept CREC members informed about the
Family Law Rules Committee's activities.
The
Family Law Rules Committee invites comments on the proposed rule amendment to delete Form 12.996(d) anticipated to be filed in an out-of-cycle report.
Ask the judiciary, the Law Society of Ontario, the Family Rules Committee and Legal Aid Ontario to consider the relevant recommendations they could implement including those on education and amendments to the
Family Law Rules.
To begin, Sean Williams examines local governance structures and argues for an innovative role for localities in deciding
family law rules, or at least rules of thumb.
Ertman explores cases when things do go wrong, however, in order to show us that when disputes occur, "
family law rules that are shaped by contractual thinking provide much of the legal doctrine." Courts typically honor "parenthood-by-contract," she says, breaking the conventions only in extreme situations, such as when a child's health is in danger.
(96.)
Family Law Rules 2004 (Cth) sub-r 13.01 (Austl.).
New
family law rules from Brussels help clarify the relationship between family law in England and Wales and the European Union.
It has been an eventful year in the
Family Law Rules Committee.
The
Family Law Rules Committee invites comments on the proposed new collaborative law forms anticipated to be filed in an out-of-cycle report.
Its goal is to show that there is a good chance that at least some cities in some states can currently implement local
family law rules of thumb.
The Florida Bar's
Family Law Rules and Juvenile Court Rules Committees, and the Steering Committee on Children and Families in the Court have filed with the Florida Supreme Court a joint out-of-cycle report proposing amendments to Florida
Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.407 (Testimony and Attendance of Minor Child).
Rule 12.745 of the Florida
Family Law Rules of Procedure was created to address the following three situations: 1) what to do if a couple chooses to use the collaborative process while a divorce or paternity action is pending in court; 2) what to do after the family matter is resolved; and 3) what to do if the family matter is not resolved using the collaborative process.
