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placing and paying for classified ads a breeze. Just
follow the steps and you'll see; it’s as easy as 1, 2,

About a week after you’ve placed your ad in. the
classified section of the Wednesday or Sunday
News, you'll receive this in the mail. This single -
envelope contains your bill, and addressed return ©
envelope for your cheque, and, on the back of the -

Act proclaimed

Attorney-General Garde B.
Gardom recently announced

the proclamation by the

Provincial Cabinet of British
Columbia’s new Family Re-
lations Act which introduces
the principle of equal sharing

‘of family assets in the event

of marriage breakdown.

This sharing only applies
after a breakdown and it
must be fair to all concerned.
Under the new Act the
Supreme Court of British
Columbia has discretionary
power to reapportion family
assets if equal sharing is
judged to be unfair in light of
the circumstances of | the
marriage or the financial
need of a spouse.

The Act, passed in the
Legislature last year, takes
effect at the end of March.
Among other things, the Act:
e Makes the rights and
interests of children the
paramount concern in court
proceedings;
¢ Introduces the system of
deferred sharing of family
assets;
¢ Established provisions for a
marriage agreement wherein
spouses can specify their
own alternatives to the
deferred sharing rule:

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© Clarifies the liabilities for
support and maintenance of

parents, spouses andchildren;.

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enforcement of maintenance
orders; :

© Provides for the use . of
family advocates and family
court counsellors.

in announcing the pro-
clamation, the. Attorney-
General called the Act a
milestone in the evolution of
family law in British
Columbia. ‘‘It is’? he said,
“the fairest legislation of its
kind in Canada.”’

“We have to recognize the
frequency. of marital break-
down in our society,” he
observed. This Act clarifies
the rights and the obligations
of everyone unfortunate
enough to be involved in the
breaking up of a family.

One of the most important
aspects of the Act, said
Gardom, is that it places the
rights and best interests of
children above other consi-
derations in the court pro-
ceedings. As well, it aband-
‘ons the notion of fault in
making court orders, focus-
ing instead on the financial
need of spouses.

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hurry on to Step 3.

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You're holding your bill and the return envelope.
Take the bill, tear off the smatier right side and put it
along with your cheque inside the return envelope.

On the back of the return envelope is a space to
write your next ad. So if you didn't sell everything, or
if you have something else you'd like to sell, it’s
easier to pay and place your next ad all at once.

The last step is the easiest. Drop the envelope in the
mail or bring it by the News office.

return envelope, a space to write your next ad: ~} .
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