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An unmarried spouse who has a child can face a claim for child support until the child reaches the age of 19, and possibly longer. Child support is mostly about being a parent not being a spouse. | An unmarried spouse who has a child can face a claim for child support until the child reaches the age of 19, and possibly longer. Child support is mostly about being a parent, not being a spouse. | ||
However, there are three important things you need to know about claims for spousal support and claims for child support against stepparents: | However, there are three important things you need to know about claims for spousal support and claims for child support against stepparents: | ||
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*arbitrators who meet the training requirements set out in the Family Law Act Regulation. | *arbitrators who meet the training requirements set out in the Family Law Act Regulation. | ||
In other words, being engaged in a family dispute resolution process with someone like a community leader, an elder, a senior family member, a priest, an imam or a rabbi won't cut it unless the person also happens to fit into the definition of family dispute resolution professional. | In other words, being engaged in a family dispute resolution process with someone like a community leader, an elder, a senior family member, a priest, an imam, or a rabbi won't cut it unless the person also happens to fit into the definition of family dispute resolution professional. | ||
Third, the parties must be ''engaged'' in the family dispute resolution process. That implies a process that is continuing and underway, rather than one that was started but never followed-through with. | Third, the parties must be ''engaged'' in the family dispute resolution process. That implies a process that is continuing and underway, rather than one that was started but never followed-through with. | ||
