Intuitive Fiduciaries: The Equitable Structure of Family Life

Canadian Journal of Family Law, Vol.19, No. 2, p. 345, 2002

26 Pages Posted: 4 Apr 2006

Abstract

The trust has been suggested as a conceptual framework for describing the relationship between parent and child as a model for organizing or structuring child protection legislation and practice. This theoretical framework has been only partially followed in the law itself, where the fiduciary relationship between parent and child has been articulated as a retroactive theory of liability for breach. The implications of the trust model as a mechanism for enforcing the family trust have not been developed. In this paper I have set out a conceptual foundation and framework for the fiduciary child protection that is inferred by the fiduciary relationship between parent and child. The theoretical coherence of fiduciary child protection has important practical implications; the fiduciary model suggests the proper function of State child protection (how it might work) while explaining the purpose and legitimacy of the State's intervention (why it should work).

Keywords: children, family, fiduciary, trust, child protection

JEL Classification: k00, k10, k19, k30, k31, k40, k42

Suggested Citation

Hall, Margaret Isabel, Intuitive Fiduciaries: The Equitable Structure of Family Life. Canadian Journal of Family Law, Vol.19, No. 2, p. 345, 2002, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=894321

Margaret Isabel Hall (Contact Author)

Simon Fraser University ( email )

8888 University Drive
Burnaby, British Columbia
Canada
236 863 0562 (Phone)

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