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{{JP Boyd on Family Law TOC|expanded = children}}{{JPBOFL Editor Badge
|ChapterEditors = [[Mary Mouat|Mary Mouat, QC]] and [[Samantha Rapoport]]
}}Neither the ''Divorce Act'' nor the ''Family Law Act'' talk about parenting after separation in terms of the rights of ''parents'', ''guardians'' or ''spouses''. While adults who fit into these categories are entitled to ask for orders and awards about decision-making and parenting time, if they can't reach an agreement about those things on their own, decisions about parenting after separation must be made taking into account only the best interests of the children, including the children's views and preferences. In a family law dispute about parenting after separation, the people who hold the rights are the children. It's ''children'' who have the right to be raised and cared for in the best possible way, and it's children who have the right to the best possible arrangements for their parenting.
==Introduction==