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}}===The ''Family Law Act'', SBC 2011, c 25===The ''Family Law Act'' is a British Columbia law that you can find, along with other provincial laws, at the website of the [http://www.bclaws.ca/EPLibraries/bclaws_new/document/ID/freeside/00_11025_01 Queen's Printer] or on [http://canlii.ca/t/8q3k CanLII], a free website that lets you search Canadian laws and court decisions. A handy, downloadable PDF of the law is also available online through a service called [http://www.quickscribe.bc.ca/secure/pdfs/4032.pdf Quickscribe]. The ''Family Law Act'' applies to married and unmarried people, and to other people who might have an interest in a child, such as a family member.
Section 1 of the ''Family Law Act'' defines a ''child'' as someone who is under 19 years of age. Section 146 gives a bigger definition of "child" when making decisions about child support. That section defines ''child'' as including: