BILL NO. 44

(as introduced)

2nd Session, 61st General Assembly
Nova Scotia
59 Elizabeth II, 2010



Private Member's Bill



Maintenance and Custody Act
(amended)



The Honourable Karen Casey
Colchester North



First Reading: April 26, 2010

(Explanatory Notes)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

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Explanatory Notes

Clause 1 adds a definition of "grandparents" to the Maintenance and Custody Act.

Clause 2 provides for grandparent access orders, sets out the matters the court must consider in making a grandparent access order and provides that a person who has custody of a child shall not unreasonably place obstacles to personal contact between the child and the child's grandparents.

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An Act to Amend Chapter 160
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Maintenance and Custody Act

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Section 2 of Chapter 160 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Maintenance and Custody Act, as amended by Chapter 3 of the Acts of 1997 (2nd Session) and Chapter 29 of the Acts of 2000, is further amended by adding immediately after clause (d) the following clause:

2 (1) Subsection 18(2) of Chapter 160, as amended by Chapter 5 of the Acts of 1990, is further amended by

(a) adding ", grandparent" after "parent" in the second line; and

(b) adding ", grandparent" after "parent" in the second line of clause (b);

(2) Section 18 of Chapter 160, as amended by Chapter 5 of the Acts of 1990, is further amended by adding immediately after subsection (5) the following subsections:

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