524 Family Law (Friedland)

LAW524

Family Law

(Friedland)

Prerequisite courses: 

Prerequisite for: Family Law Practice Issues (LAW602)

Instructor(s): Professor Hadley Friedland

Course credit: 3

Method of presentation: Lecture

METHOD OF EVALUATION

Final Exam (Open Book) - 100%

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This is the main substantive course in family law and is intended to cover most issues faced by family law practitioners from both a theoretical and practical perspective. Students will cover the following issues in class:

- Formation and Definitions of Marriages, Common-law and same sex unions and Parent-Child Relationships,

- Alternative Dispute Resolution and Procedural aspects of Family Law in Alberta,

- Contracts and Agreements in a Family Law context,

- Separation and Divorce,

- Custody and Parenting of children,

- Child and Spousal Support, 

- Division of Assets for Married and Unmarried Couples

- Social Context and Special Issues in Family Law.

SPECIAL COMMENTS

Description updated 2017-18. Please contact the instructor for any specific questions you may have related to this particular course section.

REQUIRED TEXTS (IF ANY)

Julian Payne and Marilyn Payne, Canadian Family Law, 6th ed. (Toronto, Ontario: Irwin Law, 2015).  

Casebook.