Family Law Research Guide

Format: Print; Westlaw Texts and Annotations; ProView
Location: PRAC
Type: Looseleaf – usually 9 releases a year
This looseleaf covers both British Columbia and Ontario. It has chapters on preliminary considerations, marriage agreements, cohabitation agreements, same-sex cohabitation agreements, separation agreements, parenting agreements and legal advice forms. Chapters discuss the law, case law and practices surrounding domestic contracts and contain sample agreements, alternative clauses, checklists and other precedents. The appendices include words and phrases legislatively and judicially defined.

Format: Print; Lexis+
Location: PRAC
Type: Monograph
This book examines each contract in the family law context. It has chapters on contracts dealing with the client and the professional (retainers with the lawyer, parenting assessor and business valuator), the “coming together” agreements (cohabitation, marriage, and fertility and assisted reproduction agreements), the “coming apart” agreements (separation, amending, paternity and tolling agreements), parenting coordination service agreements, negotiation, the alternative dispute resolution agreements (the collaborative law participation, mediation, arbitration and mediation-arbitration agreements) and enforcing and challenging agreements. The chapters include precedents and sample agreements, provisions, and other documents.