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New Divorce Act won’t prevent family violence, critics say

  • joannacheek
  • May 8, 2025
  • 1 min read

Updated: Nov 25, 2025

Canada’s new Divorce Act, adding an expansive definition of family violence and abuse, will not do enough to reform the systemic culture in family court that routinely ignores family violence, experts say.


First published on Nov 30, 2020 for Healthy Debate; https://healthydebate.ca/2020/11/topic/family-violence-divorce-act/



 
 

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