Uncommon causes of action in family law proceedings. (Half-Baked Torts, part 2) (British Columbia) From: The Advocate | Date: July 1, 2007| Author: Boyd, John-Paul | COPYRIGHT 2007 Vancouver Bar Association (Canada). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

By the time the 1857 Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act (1) evolved into the Family Relations Act, (2) virtually all of the causes of action founded on the antique common law of domestic relations had been revoked, save for the vestigial right of a party to seek the costs of a divorce action against the person with whom his or her spouse had committed adultery. The historic legislation prohibited claims for such things as criminal conversation and jactitation of marriage fairly earl...

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