An Act to amend the Divorce Act (equal parenting) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2015.

Sponsor

Maurice Vellacott  Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Defeated, as of May 28, 2014
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Divorce Act to replace the concept of “custody orders” with that of “parenting orders”. It instructs judges, when making a parenting order, to apply the principle of equal parenting unless it is established that the best interests of the child would be substantially enhanced by allocating parental responsibility other than equally.

Similar bills

C-422 (40th Parliament, 3rd session) An Act to amend the Divorce Act (equal parenting) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
C-422 (40th Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Divorce Act (equal parenting) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-560s:

C-560 (2010) Cell Phone Freedom Act
C-560 (2008) An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan and the Old Age Security Act (biweekly payment of benefits)

Votes

May 28, 2014 Failed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

The House resumed from May 27 consideration of the motion that Bill C-560, An Act to amend the Divorce Act (equal parenting) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, be read the second time and referred to a committee.

Divorce ActPrivate Members' Business

May 28th, 2014 / 3:55 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Bruce Stanton

Order. Pursuant to an order made May 27, 2014, the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-560 under private members' business.

(The House divided on the motion, which was negatived on the following division:)

Vote #153

Divorce ActPrivate Members' Business

May 28th, 2014 / 4:05 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Bruce Stanton

I declare the motion defeated.