JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL AGING LAW & POLICY VOLUME 11 SPRING 2020 CONTENTS Picking Up the Tab for Mom and Dad: The Clash of Filial Laws with Liberty, Morality, and Culture Daniel H. Brown 1 Economic and Other Issues of Spouses Separating Later in Life in Canada John-Paul Boyd, Q.C. 27 Age is Just a Number; Not a Reason to Force Retirement Ciara C. Willis 67 Is There a Panacea for Ageism? An International Law Perspective Jiawen Liu, Alex Ross & Loïc Garçon 105 Elder Rights Are Not Nesting Dolls: An Argument for an International Elder Rights Convention Julie Childs 141 JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL AGING LAW & POLICY VOLUME 11 SPRING 2020 Faculty Advisors REBECCA C. MORGAN JASON PALMER Administrative Editor JESSICA M. ZOOK Student Editor-in-Chief ROBERT MCDONALD Managing Editors SARAH E. JACOBI VICTORIA LANDON Senior Editors KELLY A. JACKSON NICHOLAS MARLER MEGAN MARX ANGEL MATHIAS MELISSA MICCERI Research Editor KIMBERLI QUINTERO Associate Editors KEIFER EXUM JENNA KYLE PHILIP LAYTON EMERAUDE LEREBOURS ANTHONY ORLANDO CONNOR SMEDBERG ii STETSON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW Faculty and Deans MICHÈLE ALEXANDRE, Dean and Professor of Law KRISTEN DAVID ADAMS, B.A., J.D., LL.M., Professor of Law, and Director of Dispute Resolution Board THOMAS E. ALLISON, B.S., M.B.A., J.D., LL.M., Professor of Law Emeritus LINDA ANDERSON, A.B., J.D., Professor of Law ANDREW APPLEBY, B.S., M.B.A., J.D., LL.M., Assistant Professor of Law ROBERT BATEY, B.A., J.D., LL.M., Professor of Law Emeritus MARK D. BAUER, B.A., J.D., Professor of Law DOROTHEA BEANE, B.A., J.D., Professor of Law and Co-Director, Institute on Caribbean Law and Policy JASON BENT, B.A., J.D., Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and Professor of Law ROBERT D. BICKEL, B.A., J.D., Professor of Law Emeritus PAUL J. BOUDREAUX, B.A., J.D., LL.M., Professor of Law BROOKE J. BOWMAN, B.S., J.D., Professor of Law and Director, Moot Court Board CATHERINE J. CAMERON, B.S., M.A., J.D., Professor of Law CHRISTINE E. CERNIGLIA, B.A., J.D., Assistant Professor of Law, and Director of Clinical and Experimental Education JOHN F. COOPER, B.A., J.D., LL.M., Professor of Law Emeritus LEE A. COPPOCK, B.A., J.D., Visiting Professor of Law KIRSTEN K. DAVIS, B.A., J.D., Professor of Law, and Director of the Institute for the Advancement of Legal Communication WILLIAM R. ELEAZER, B.A., J.D., LL.M., Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus KELLY M. FEELEY, B.S., J.D., Professor of Law MICHAEL S. FINCH, B.A., J.D., S.J.D., Professor of Law PETER L. FITZGERALD, B.A., J.D., LL.M., Professor of Law Emeritus ROBERTA KEMP FLOWERS, B.A., J.D., Professor of Law, and Interim Director, Center for Excellence in Advocacy JAMES W. FOX JR., B.A., J.D., Professor of Law CLARK W. FURLOW, B.A., J.D., Professor of Law Emeritus ROYAL C. GARDNER, A.B., J.D., Professor of Law and Director, Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy RAFAEL GUZMAN, B.A., J.D., Distinguished Professional Lecturer CYNTHIA G. HAWKINS, B.A., J.D., Professor of Law BRUCE R. JACOB, B.A., J.D., LL.M., S.J.D., LL.M., LL.D., Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law MARCO J. JIMENEZ, B.A., B.S., J.D., Professor of Law TIMOTHY S. KAYE, LL.B., PH.D., Professor of Law PETER F. LAKE, A.B., J.D., Professor of Law, Charles A. Dana Chair and Director, Center for Excellence in Higher Education Law and Policy JEROME C. LATIMER, B.A., J.D., Professor of Law Emeritus LANCE N. LONG, B.A., J.D., Professor of Law, and Coordinator of Legal Research and Writing THOMAS C. MARKS, JR., B.S., LL.B., PH.D., Professor of Law Emeritus JANICE K. MCCLENDON, B.A., J.D., LL.M., Professor of Law Emeritus LIZABETH A. MOODY, A.B., J.D., Dean Emeritus; Distinguished University Professor REBECCA C. MORGAN, B.S., J.D., Professor of Law, Boston Asset Management Faculty Chair in Elder Law, Interim Director, Center for Excellence in Elder Law, Interim Director, LL.M. in Elder Law and MJ in Aging, Law & Policy, and Director, MJ in Health Care Compliance JOSEPH F. MORRISSEY, A.B., J.D., Professor of Law ANNE MULLINS, A.B., J.D., Professor of Law LUZ E. ORTIZ NAGLE, LL.D., LL.M., M.A., J.D., Professor of Law JASON PALMER, B.A., J.D., Professor of Law, and Leroy Highbaugh Sr. Research Chair ANN M. PICCARD, B.A., J.D., LL.M., Wm. Reece Smith Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law ELLEN S. PODGOR, B.S., J.D., M.B.A., LL.M., Gary R. Trombley Family White Collar Crime Research Professor THERESA J. PULLEY RADWAN, B.A., J.D., Transitional Business Administrator and Professor of Law SUSAN D. ROZELLE, B.A., J.D., Professor of Law JUDITH A.M. SCULLY, B.A., J.D., Professor of Law JAMES A. SHEEHAN, B.A., J.D., Distinguished Practitioner in Residence STACEY-RAE SIMCOX, B.S.C., B.A., J.D., Professor of Law, Director, Veterans Law Institute and Director, Veterans Advocacy Clinic BRADFORD STONE, B.A., J.D., Charles A. Dana Professor of Law Emeritus MICHAEL I. SWYGERT, B.A., J.D., LL.M., Professor of Law Emeritus RUTH F. THURMAN, B.A., J.D., LL.M., Professor of Law Emeritus CIARA TORRES-SPELLISCY, Professor of Law STEPHANIE A. VAUGHAN, B.A., J.D., Professor of Law iii LOUIS J. VIRELLI, B.S.E., M.S.E., J.D., Professor of Law DARRYL C. WILSON, B.B.A., B.F.A., J.D., LL.M., Associate Dean for Faculty and Strategic Initiatives, Attorneys’ Title Insurance Fund Professor of Law and Co-Director, Institute on Caribbean Law and Policy J. 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