Family law doesn't really deal with people who aren't spouses, aren't parents, and don't live together. The only claims people like this can make under the ''[[Family Law Act]]'' are for orders appointing them as the guardian of the other person's child or giving them contact with that person's child. They can't even apply for orders for the protection of people under the ''Family Law Act''.
===Grandparents and extended family membersRelationships between people who aren't parents or spouses===
Adults Family law doesn't have much at all to do with an interest in people who are dating and don't have a child. They're not "spouses" under the ''Family Law Act'', they're not "parents," and since they don't have a child who is , they're not theirs may:"guardians." The ''Family Law Act'' doesn't apply to them because their relationship isn't one of the relationships the act talks about.
#ask for an order that they be appointed as There are only a few ways the law can affect people in relationships like this. If there is violence or non-consensual sexual activity, the parts of the ''guardian[http://canlii.ca/t/7vf2 Criminal Code]'' of a childthat talk about things like assault, battery, sexual assault, rape, stalking, unlawful confinement, andabduction might apply, as and those are issues that the police deal with. If they sign a guardianlease together, they may ask for parental responsibilities and parenting time with buy something together or take out a loan together, then the law of contract or the child;#have ''contact'law of property might be used to figure out who' with a child; s entitled to which assets andresponsible for which obligations. If they buy property together,#ask for the provincial ''child support[http://canlii.ca/t/848q Partition of Property Act]'' will let them ask the court to sell the property and divvy up the proceeds. I suppose that if they split up and start bad-mouthing each other on behalf of a childsocial media, then tort law and the law about defamation might also be relevant.
Grandparents and a childUnless there is something like this going on, when people who are dating each other split up, that's other extended family members have no rights under the ''[[Family Law Act]]''it, although grandparents are specifically mentioned in section 59(2) as being among the people who can ask for contact with a childtheir relationship is over without any legal entitlements at all.
==A few surprisingly common misunderstandings==