--- title: "Family law firm urges Quebec to help unmarried couples and their children ✦ Goldwater Droit" description: "Canadian Lawyer reports in 2021 on Anne-France Goldwater's call for Quebec and Canada to extend family-law protections to unmarried couples and their children." canonical_url: "https://goldwaterdroit.com/en/news-insights/2021/family-law-firm-urges-quebec-to-help-unmarried-couples-and-their-children" locale: en meta: "og:description": "Canadian Lawyer reports in 2021 on Anne-France Goldwater's call for Quebec and Canada to extend family-law protections to unmarried couples and their children." "og:title": "Family law firm urges Quebec to help unmarried couples and their children" --- [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=32&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) ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/sitemap.md) for all pages.