The Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-03-17, Page 24•
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rts of Sprit,
One doesn't have to be a weatherman
these0
ys to know that spring-like
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conditions prevail throughout most of
the district. Last weekend was a treat
for most winter weary citizens.
Not too many folks, though, will wager
that winter won't return for at least one
more time before spring really sets in.
Still, there are signs that spring isn't
far off. Mary LynnTelford. Mephoned
the office to report she 4(r:sighted a
robin °in her yard. Mrs. Telford's 'story
has been corroborated by several other
people in town whp have seen or heard
the red -breasted harbingerof spring for
this area.
Edna Overholt enclosed a small
bouquet of saowdrops with her, sub-
seription renewal along
,
take beak •becanse spr.1481t04'Siltum
aren't far off. ,r
The crows have been !raking quite*
scene in the woe!;iiet
Star .... and the sunjffealfn't,:iiEaonei6,
and warmer everY•,•4..itY;:T4PrsSver1
flood or two. It is,enOtigt0e, IVe een the
most skeptical a reason
wiL
50!e ofJr
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NOW any home, apartment or cottage can have a real
WOODBURNING HEAT PRODUCING
BUILT-IN FIREPLACE
Our BI -36" Regal built-in can usually be installed at
far less than the cost of a masonry fireplace. Comes
complete with refractory base and firebrick back ...
porcelaniied side walls ... high temperature insulation
... fine mesh prepteated firescreen and positive seal
damper. Conies complete in one. carton, all ready to
set in place and frame in.
Our smaller BI -28" Reg‘al BuiItn
Fireplace is on sale at
Spring awakens
'priflgs and tributaries carrying runoff to the Maitland River reached abnormal levels
area. (staff photol
over the weekend as rain and warm temperatures increased the threat of flooding in the
from Queen's Park •
Jack's JottrAgs
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Last fall the governm
proposed legislation
reform Ontario's family 1
to guarantee equality to b
spouses with respect to
division of assets at the; ti
of marriage break -LT°
regardless of who has b
responsible for
acquisitionof these assets.
• The Family Law_Refo
Act, 1975, was proclaimed
July 10th of that year.
abolished the archaic co
mon law doctrine of unity
legal personalityhe ficti
that _husband and wife we
one person in law, and th
person was the husband, a
provided that a spouse sh
not because of the mari
relationship, be disentitl
from claiming contribution
an interest in property whe
he or she contributes wor
money or money's worth
property held in the name
the other spouse.
In December of last,yea
an all -party legislativ
committee decided to d
lay passage of th
proposed marriage la
reform bills to give intereste
groups more time to mak
submissions. Members wer
torn between a wish to dela
the legislation to provid
opportunity for public input
and concern that if th
reforms were delayed the
.might be stalled yet again b
the intervention of
provincial election. Followin
mounting pressure, th
committee agreed to ad
vertise for public submission
, and give clause by claus
consideration to the bills in
comreitteerather than in the
House where the public
cannot take part in the
debate.
The major proposals for
consideration are:
(1) the creation of
legislative guidelines for the
enf sharing of fa
mil
Y assets on
to marriage break -down, and in
aw, certain cases, other assets;
oth (2) the creation of a new
the kind of support obligation on
me the part of each spouse •to
wn, support the children of the
een marriage and the other
the spouse if he or she is in need, o
when the 'spouse from whom
rtn support is sought has the a
on means;
It (3) the replacement of d
m- dower by the provision of
of rights - for either spouse to s
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responsibility for supporting
the family, there is con-
siderable difference of
opinion about the best method
of doing this.
The "full 'community"
system involved joint
ownership and management
f property acquired during
marriage (including business
ssets) and automatic equal
haring on marriage break -
own. "Deferred Com.-4.munity" of property involves
eparate ownership and
anagement of property
cquired during marriage but
utomatic equal sharing of
roperty, again including the
usiness, on marriage break -
own. This latter was
ecommended by the Ontario
aw Reform Commission.
Another possibility is in-
stead of sharing all assets
acquired since the marriage,
legislation could prescribe
that a single asset, the
matrimonial home, be
automatically jointly owned
and managed during
marriage and on marriage
breakdown.
The Province could,
alternatively, adopt the
English system of judicial
discretion. During marriage
ownership and management
of property continue to
remain with the spouse who
paid for it. Upon marriage
breakdown, a judge exercises
a- discretion to divide all
property, including business
assets, following statutory
guidelines, regardless of
whether the property was
.acquired before or during the
marriage.
A blend of the judicial
discretion and deferred
community systems results
in what may be called the
family assets approach.
Family assets, that is
property ordinarily used or
enjoyed by members of a
family for shelter, household,
transportation, education,
recreational, social or
aesthetic purposes, would be
ha,m1 equally_ unless the
judge exercised his drseretion,
along statutory guidelines to
vary the share of family
assets, or in unusual cases, to
divide other assets. •
Each of these possible
alternatives would apply only
in the absence of a marriage
contract
In essence, the proposed
legislation -places the onus of
responsibility for the support
of children on both partners
equally, and,provides that in
common-law situations which
have been in existence for two
years, both parties have the
same rights as married
Persons.
on remain in possession of and to
re control dealings with the
at matrimonial home and
nd household goods;
all (4) the recognition of
tat marriage 'contracts between
ed spouses who prefer to create
or their own rules governing
re economic relations.
k, Ontario's current law of
to separate property operates to
of assign ownership of property
to the person who pays for it.
r, A married man's earnings
e and property purchased from
e- those earings belong to him
e and a itiarried women's
w 'earnings and property bought
d with her earnings belong to
e her. The apparent equality of
e this system of property law is
y not suitable for many
e marriages.
In what has been con-
e sidered the traditional type of
y marriage, the husband is the
y breadwinner and the wife is
a the homemaker who
g ,manages the household and
e -cares for the children. The
- wife often ends up with
s nothing because she has
e neither earnings nor savings
of her own. Her contribution
as the homemaker and in
caring for the children is
largely unrecognized and
consequently not valued in
property or dollar terms.
While it is generally felt that
there should be more sharing
of marital property and
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