Linda C. Neilson and Susan B. Boyd have released an article interpreting various provisions of the new Divorce Act, including several related to family violence.
Interpreting the New Divorce Act, March 8 2020 Rules of Statutory Interpretation and Senate Observations (March 8, 2020)
Dr. Linda C. Neilson and Professor Emerita Susan B. Boyd
Dr. Linda C Neilson, Professor Emerita, is a research associate of the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research, University of New Brunswick. Professor Emerita Susan B Boyd, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. The authors would like to thank Honourable Donna J. Martinson, Q.C., LL.M. for insightful review comments.