--- title: "Family law firm urges Quebec to help unmarried couples and their children ✦ Goldwater Droit" meta: "og:description": "A leading family law firm calls on Quebec to extend legal protections to unmarried couples and their children. Discover the proposed changes and their impact." "og:title": "Family law firm urges Quebec to help unmarried couples and their children" description: "A leading family law firm calls on Quebec to extend legal protections to unmarried couples and their children. Discover the proposed changes and their impact." --- ![59494104 835816756798176 522586958875066368 N 2](https://goldwaterdroit.com/_vercel/image?url=%2F_content-assets%2Fmedia%2F2021%2F2021-03-11-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%2F2021%2F2021-03-11-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 2021 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**Montreal lawyer renews fight for equal rights for unmarried partners](https://goldwaterdroit.com/en/news-insights/2021/montreal-lawyer-renews-fight-for-equal-rights-for-unmarried-partners) [**Next Post **Family law reform: let us give birth (and not to a mouse)](https://goldwaterdroit.com/en/news-insights/2021/family-law-reform-let-us-give-birth-and-not-to-a-mouse)