BILL NO. 41
(as passed)
4th Session, 61st General Assembly
Nova Scotia
61 Elizabeth II, 2012
Grandparents' Rights Affirmation Act
CHAPTER 7 OF THE ACTS OF 2012
The Honourable Ross Landry
Minister of Justice
First Reading: April 23, 2012 (LINK TO BILL AS INTRODUCED)
Second Reading: May 1, 2012
Third Reading: May 7, 2012
Royal Assent: May 17, 2012
An Act to Amend Chapter 160
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Maintenance and Custody Act,
to Affirm Grandparents' Rights
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 This Act may be cited as the Grandparents' Rights Affirmation Act.
2 Subsection 18(2) of Chapter 160 of the Acts of 1989, the Maintenance and Custody Act , as amended by Chapter 5 of the Acts of 1990, is further amended by striking out "other person with leave of the court," and substituting "or, with leave of the court, a grandparent, other member of the child's family or another person".
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