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==Married spouses' rights and responsibilities== | ==Married spouses' rights and responsibilities== | ||
While a couple is married, the federal ''[http://canlii.ca/t/7vf2 Criminal Code]'' requires each spouse to provide the other with the "necessities of life" | While a couple is married, the federal ''[http://canlii.ca/t/7vf2 Criminal Code]'' requires each spouse to provide the other with the "necessities of life," whatever that means. Apart from that, there are no laws that define the duties involved in marriage. | ||
When a married couple separates, each of the spouses has certain rights under the federal ''[[Divorce Act]]'' and the provincial ''[[Family Law Act]]''. Under the ''Divorce Act'', a spouse can ask for: | When a married couple separates, each of the spouses has certain rights under the federal ''[[Divorce Act]]'' and the provincial ''[[Family Law Act]]''. | ||
Under the ''Divorce Act'', a spouse can ask for: | |||
*a divorce, | *a divorce, | ||
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Under the ''Family Law Act'', a spouse can ask for: | Under the ''Family Law Act'', a spouse can ask for: | ||
*parental responsibilities and parenting time | *parental responsibilities for and parenting time with any children, | ||
*child support for any children born of the marriage as well as for any stepchildren, | *child support for any children born of the marriage as well as for any stepchildren, | ||
*spousal support | *spousal support, | ||
*a share of the family property and any family debt, | *a share of the family property and any family debt, | ||
*an order protecting property, and | *an order protecting property, and | ||
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* <span style="color: red;">bulleted list of other pages in this chapter, linked</span> | * <span style="color: red;">bulleted list of other pages in this chapter, linked</span> | ||
END HIDDEN---> | END HIDDEN---> | ||
==Resources and links== | ==Resources and links== | ||