Family law is the entire range of statutes, regulations and precedents that govern the relations between spouses and among parents and children. This includes (but is not limited to) the body of law on marriage, divorce, annulment, on custody of children, separation, spousal support, child support, and property rights within the family. This vast and complex field of law touches the lives of all of us. The law relating to formation and solemnization of marriage is contained in provincial statutes, which are roughly the same all across the country. The Divorce Act is a federal statute, so that there is, thankfully, only one divorce law for the whole of Canada. However, the regulations governing the procedure of granting a divorce vary somewhat from province to province.