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===Family law legislation===

The two most important pieces of legislation relating to family matters are, as you <span class="noglossary">will</span> have gathered, the federal ''Divorce Act'' and the provincial ''Family Law Act''. The most important regulation is the [[Child Support Guidelines]], a regulation to the ''[[Divorce Act]]'' that has also been adopted by the ''[[Family Law Act]]''.

The ''Divorce Act'' talks about:

#*divorce;,#*decision-making responsibility; ,#*parenting time and contact with children;,#*moving away, with or without children;,#*child support; , and,#*spousal support.

The ''Family Law Act'' talks about:

#*determining the parentage of children,#*guardianship of children;,#*parental responsibilities, parenting time, and contact with children;,#*moving away, with or without children;,#*child support;,#*spousal support;,#*family property, family debt, and excluded property;,#*managing children's property;,#*orders protecting people; , and,#*orders protecting property.

The Child Support Guidelines talks about:

#*calculating the amount of child support and determining children's special expenses;,#*determining the income of parents; , and,#*disclosure of financial information.

Because family law issues can be very broad and touch on other areas of law, such as contract law or company law, other pieces of legislation may also apply to a problem. For example, the ''[http://canlii.ca/t/8481 Name Act]'' allows a spouse to change their name following a divorce, the ''[http://canlii.ca/t/84g5 Adoption Act]'' deals with adoption, the ''[http://canlii.ca/t/8456 Land Title Act]'' deals with real property, the ''[http://canlii.ca/t/848q Partition of Property Act]'' allows a co-owner of real property to force the sale of the property, and the ''[http://canlii.ca/t/84ld Business Corporations Act]'' deals with the incorporation of companies, shareholders' loans, and other things that may be important if a spouse owns or controls a company.

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