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Custody and Access

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Introduction
*any limitations on a spouses' parenting capacity.
A spouse's access to a child is entirely different and separate from his or her obligation to pay child support. Child support is not a fee paid to exercise access, nor is it a fee charged to allow access. Child support is paid by one spouse to the other to help cover the <span class="noglossary">costs</span> costs associated with raising the child and to help ensure that the child has as positive and as enriching a childhood as possible. Access, on the other hand, is the <span class="noglossary">privilege </span> of a sposue spouse to visit and spend time with his or her child, so that the child can have the benefit of a strong, loving and meaningful relationship with both spouses.
Other people, usually relatives of the child like a grandparent, can have custody or access to a child. To apply for an order for custody or access, people who aren't spouses must first get the court's permission, and then make their application. Applications like these aren't very common.
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