Report on Family Law Research in Nunavut

2003-FCY-3E

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• 1   INTRODUCTION
  • 1.1   Purpose of the Research
  • 1.2   Partnership and Participatory Research
  • 1.3   The Program of Research
  • 1.4   Overview of the Report
• 2   CONTEXT
  • 2.1   Profile of the Territory
  • 2.2   Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) and Inuit Families
  • 2.3   The Justice System in Nunavut
  • 2.4   Summary of the Context
• 3   RESEARCH RESULTS: MAIN ISSUES
  • 3.1   The Family Unit in Nunavut
  • 3.2   Custom Adoption
  • 3.3   Marriage and Common-Law Relationships
  • 3.4   Break-Ups in Nunavut
  • 3.5   Property and Support Issues Between Spouses
  • 3.6   Matrimonial Home
  • 3.7   Children and their Families
  • 3.8   Contact with Non-residential Parents
  • 3.9   Payment of Support
• 4   RESULTS OF RESEARCH PROGRAM: PROCESS, SERVICES AND INFORMATION
  • 4.1   Resolving Custody and Support Issues
  • 4.2   Family Law Services
  • 4.3   Legal Information
• 5   CONCLUSIONS
  • 5.1   Research Results: Changing Families
  • 5.2   Research Results: Separation and Divorce
  • 5.3   Application of Findings
  • 5.4   Implications for Policy and Program Development
• APPENDIX ONE:  Methodology and Recommendations for Future Researchers
• APPENDIX TWO:  Survey Instrument, Household Survey
• APPENDIX THREE:  Survey Instrument, Service Inventory
• APPENDIX FOUR:  Nunavut Family Law Strategy
• APPENDIX FIVE:  Partial List of Meeting Participants
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• LIST OF CASES
• ENDNOTES

LIST OF TABLES

• Table 1   Distribution of Nunavut Households by Number of People
• Table 2   Distribution of Nunavut Household Members by Relationship to Respondents
• Table 3   Distribution of Respondents by Household Composition
• Table 4   Distribution of Respondents' Household Composition at Birth
• Table 5   Distribution of Respondents by Relationship to Adoptive Parents, by Gender of Respondents
• Table 6   Distribution of Respondents by Marital Status at Time of Interview
• Table 7   Distribution of Respondents by Current Marital or Common-law Status
• Table 8   Distribution of Respondents Ever Participating in a Common-law Relationship
• Table 9   Distribution of Respondents by Partner's Previous Common-law Relationship and by Current Relationship Status
• Table 10   Distribution of Relationships by Partner's Marital Status at the Beginning of the Relationship
• Table 11   Distribution of Respondents' Partners with Previous Children
• Table 12   Marriage Expectations of Unmarried and Common-law Respondents
• Table 13   Distribution of Respondents by Reported Relative Income, by Gender
• Table 14   Distribution of Respondents' Income By Source
• Table 15   Distribution of Respondents' Housing Type by Type of Union and by Gender
• Table 16   Distribution of Single-Parent Respondents by Marital Status
• Table 17   Non-residential Parent Contact by Type of Contact and by Gender of Respondent
• Table 18   Distribution of Non-resident Parents' Contact by Distance
• Table 19   Distribution of Respondents' Familiarity with Maintenance Enforcement and Child Support Services
• Table 20   Distribution of Respondents' Awareness of Selected Family Law Services
• Table 21   Distribution of Services Used by Respondent by Type and by Gender
• Table 22   Distribution of Respondents' Preferred Means of Obtaining Information
• Table 23   Distribution of Respondents' Preferred Media for Obtaining Information

LIST OF FIGURES

• Figure 1   Distribution of Age at Which Respondents Became First-Time Parents
• Figure 2   Distribution of Current Relationships by Type and Length
• Figure 3   Family Structures of Families with Children
• Figure 4   Distribution of Respondents' Arrangements Regarding Children

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