--- title: "Family law firm urges Quebec to help unmarried couples and their children ✦ Goldwater Droit" meta: "og:description": "Canadian Lawyer reports on Anne-France Goldwater's call for Quebec and Canada to better protect unmarried couples and their children through family-law reform." "og:title": "Family law firm urges Quebec to help unmarried couples and their children" description: "Canadian Lawyer reports on Anne-France Goldwater's call for Quebec and Canada to better protect unmarried couples and their children through family-law reform." --- ![59494104 835816756798176 522586958875066368 N 2](https://goldwaterdroit.com/_vercel/image?url=%2F_content-assets%2Fmedia%2F2011%2F2011-03-11-family-law-firm-urges-quebec-to-help-unmarried-couples-and-their-children%2Fimages%2F59494104_835816756798176_522586958875066368_n-2.png&w=1536&q=80) [News & Insights](https://goldwaterdroit.com/en/news-insights) # Family law firm urges Quebec to help unmarried couples and their children ![59494104 835816756798176 522586958875066368 N 2](https://goldwaterdroit.com/_vercel/image?url=%2F_content-assets%2Fmedia%2F2011%2F2011-03-11-family-law-firm-urges-quebec-to-help-unmarried-couples-and-their-children%2Fimages%2F59494104_835816756798176_522586958875066368_n-2.png&w=640&q=75)**Canadian Lawyer** 11 March 2011 1 min read [Media](https://goldwaterdroit.com/en/news-insights?category=media) [Canadian Lawyer](https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/practice-areas/family/family-law-firm-urges-quebec-to-help-unmarried-couples-and-their-children/353842) Speaking to Canadian Lawyer magazine, Anne-France Goldwater emphasized that unmarried women and their children in Quebec do not benefit from recent changes to the federal Divorce Act, and called on Canada to exercise its plenary constitutional power to define marriage in the country. “We have an amending formula, so let's use it!” [**Previous Post**CKUT LegalEase Interviews Anne-France Goldwater in Sex and The Law](https://goldwaterdroit.com/en/news-insights/2010/ckut-legalease-interviews-anne-france-goldwater-sex-and-law) [**Next Post **Lawyer to become Quebec's "Judge Judy"](https://goldwaterdroit.com/en/news-insights/2011/lawyer-become-quebecs-judge-judy)