Children's Law Reform Amendment Act (Relationship with Grandparents), 2012 Craitor, Kim DiNovo, Cheri Elliott, Christine — Bill 67 (40th Parliament, 1st Session)

Bill 67, 40-1

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Bill 67, Children's Law Reform Amendment Act (Relationship with Grandparents), 2012

Craitor, Kim

DiNovo, Cheri

Elliott, Christine

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Bill 67 2012

Act to amend the Children's Law Reform Act with respect to the relationship

between a child and the child's grandparents

Note:

This Act amends the Children's Law Reform Act. For the legislative history of

the Act, see the Table of Consolidated Public Statutes – Detailed Legislative

History at www.e-Laws.gov.on.ca.

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Section

20 of the Children's Law Reform Act is amended by

adding the following subsection:

Relationship

with grandparents

(2.1) A person entitled to custody of a child shall not create

or maintain unreasonable barriers to the formation and continuation of a personal

relationship between the child and the child's grandparents.

2. (1) Clause

24 (2) (

a) of the Act is amended by striking out "and" at the end of subclause

(ii), by adding "and" at the end of subclause (iii) and by adding the following

subclause:

(iv) the

child's grandparents;

(2) Subsection 24 (2) of the Act is amended by adding the

following clause:

(d.1) the

willingness of each person applying for custody of the child to facilitate

contact between the child and the child's grandparents;

Commencement

3. This

Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

4. The

short title of this Act is the Children's Law Reform

Amendment Act (Relationship with Grandparents), 2012 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The

Bill amends the Children's Law Reform Act .

Subsection

20 (2.1) is added to the Act. That subsection prohibits a person entitled to

custody of a child from creating or maintaining unreasonable barriers to the

formation and continuation of personal relationships between the child and the

child's grandparents.

Subsection

24 (2) of the Act is amended. That subsection sets out the needs and

circumstances of a child that the court must consider in determining the best

interests of the child. The Bill adds to that list the emotional ties between

the child and the child's grandparents and the willingness of each person

applying for custody of the child to facilitate contact with the child's

grandparents.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

May 31, 2012

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills

May 31, 2012

Second Reading

Carried

May 31, 2012

Second Reading

Debate

April 17, 2012

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

April 17, 2012

Committee

Second Reading

May 31, 2012

Mr. Kim Craitor, Mr. Rick Nicholls, Ms. Cheri DiNovo, Hon. Linda Jeffrey, Mrs. Jane McKenna, Mr. Bob Delaney, Ms. Sylvia Jones, Mr. Gilles Bisson, Mr. Kevin Daniel Flynn, Mrs. Christine Elliott

May 31, 2012

Declared carried. Referred to the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills.

Committee

Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 67

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-laws

Children's Law Reform Act

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 67, 40-1
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p40 s1 bill 67 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	84bb5eecc32654f3a8f16cc580e9fd272474a4ee

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