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→What entitlements does decision-making responsibility give?
===What entitlements does decision-making responsibility give?===
Under section 2(1) of the ''[[Divorce Act]]'', someone with decision-making responsibility has the responsibility for making "significant decisions" about "a child's wellbeing," including about healthcare, education, culture, language, religion, and "significant extracurricular activities." The court can order that spouses share all decision-making responsibilities or that just one spouse have decision-making responsibility with respect to specific aspects of a child's life. (A court, for example, might order that one spouse have responsibility for healthcare decisions, while the other spouse has responsibility for the child's education.)
Someone with decision-making responsibility also has the right to get information about the child's wellbeing from another person with decision-making responsibility and from any person who might have that information, like doctors or teachers.