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Under the ''[[Family Law Act]]'', couples who neither married nor lived together have certain rights and obligations toward one another if they have a child. One or both of them will also be entitled to certain government benefits as a result of being parents, but those rights don't come from the ''Family Law Act'', they come from legislation like the provincial [http://canlii.ca/t/8541 Income Tax (BC Family Bonus) Regulation] and the federal ''[http://canlii.ca/t/7wmq Income Tax Act]''. | Under the ''[[Family Law Act]]'', couples who neither married nor lived together have certain rights and obligations toward one another if they have a child. One or both of them will also be entitled to certain government benefits as a result of being parents, but those rights don't come from the ''Family Law Act'', they come from legislation like the provincial [http://canlii.ca/t/8541 Income Tax (BC Family Bonus) Regulation] and the federal ''[http://canlii.ca/t/7wmq Income Tax Act]''. | ||
====Children==== | ====Children and child support==== | ||
There is no minimum length-of-relationship requirement for any claim under the ''Family Law Act'' involving children. A parent is a parent, regardless of the sort of relationship that produced the child. | There is no minimum length-of-relationship requirement for any claim under the ''Family Law Act'' involving children. A parent is a parent, regardless of the sort of relationship that produced the child. | ||