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Advisory Guidelines Short for the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines, an academic paper released by the Department of Justice that describes a variety of mathematical formulas that can be applied to determine how much spousal support should be paid and how long it should be paid for, once a spouse is found to be entitled to receive support. See ' collusion,' ' condonation,' and ' divorce, grounds of.' advance In family law, this usually refers to one party obtaining a part of any property at issue before the property has been finally divided by court order or the parties' agreement, usually in order to help pay for that person's legal fees. Proof of adultery is grounds for an immediate divorce, providing that the spouse complaining of the adultery can prove that the adultery occurred and that he or she has not consented to or forgiven the adulterous act. See ' adoption,' ' assisted reproduction' and ' natural parent.' adultery A married person's voluntary sexual intercourse with a person other than their spouse, also known as cheating, playing the field and fishing out of season. adoptive parent A person who has assumed the status of a legal parent to a child who is not their biological offspring. See ' natural parent.' Adoption Act A provincial law dealing with the adoption process and the ability to adopt. The child becomes the adopting parent's legal child as if the child were the adopting parent's natural child, while the natural parent loses all rights and obligations with respect to the child. See 'sine die.' adoption In family law, the act or process of taking another person's child as one's own.

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adjournment The suspension of a hearing or trial, usually when the hearing or trial cannot proceed on the date scheduled or because it cannot complete within the time scheduled, normally until a specific date. An address for service must be a proper street address within British Columbia additional addresses for service may include postal addresses, fax numbers, and email addresses. address for service The address at which a party to a court proceeding agrees to accept delivery of legal documents. act (1) Intentionally doing a thing, or (2) a law passed by a government, also called ' legislation' or a ' statute.' See ' regulations.' action A court proceeding in which one party sues another for a specific remedy or relief, also called a 'lawsuit' or a ' case.' An action for divorce, for example, is a court proceeding in which the claimant sues the respondent for the relief of a divorce order.

See ' custody.' account In law, (1) a lawyer's bill to their client or a statement, or (2) a person's recollection of events. Access usually refers to the schedule of the parent with the least amount of time with the child. access Under the Divorce Act, the schedule of a parent's time with their children under an order or agreement. In certain circumstances, the abduction of a child by a parent may be a criminal offence. In family law, also the taking of a child contrary to a court order or without the permission of a guardian. abduction The taking of a person by force or fraud. These terms also make appearances in Black's Law Dictionary and the Canadian Law Dictionary, and Wikipedia offers a helpful and fairly complete list of Latin terms.Ī ab initio A Latin phrase meaning 'from the beginning.' A marriage that is unlawful is void ab initio, as if it never happened. Many of the terms in this section have Latin roots. The websites of the provincial Queen's Printer and the Legal Services Society also feature helpful glossaries. Many public libraries will carry one or both of these dictionaries. This section offers my own plain-language definitions of common legal words and phrases.įor more complete, more detailed definitions you might want to have a look at Black's Law Dictionary, an American reference book published by Thomson West, or at Barron's Canadian Law Dictionary.

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