Difference between revisions of "Parents"

A parent may apply for all of the orders available under the ''Family Law Act'' that concern children, from child support to guardianship to the various restraining orders that are available to protect a child from harm. Issues about children are discussed in a little more detail further on in this section.

In a short relationship, each person will generally be entitled to keep whatever he or she brought into the relationship and anything he or she received as a gift from the other person. If there are any jointly owned assets ― property that both people own and that is registered in both names ― like a house or a car, there is a legal presumption that each owner is entitled to an equal interest in the asset, whether the couple contributed equally to its purchase or not.