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{{JP Boyd on Family Law TOC|expanded = relationships}} | {{JP Boyd on Family Law TOC|expanded = relationships}} | ||
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Your relationship may have been brief, but if you and your boyfriend or girlfriend have had a child together you are both responsible for meeting the child's financial needs and you both have the right to be involved in raising the child. You may not have any other rights and obligations towards each other, but you may have the right to participate in parenting the child and you do have the obligation to pay child support. | Your relationship may have been brief, but if you and your boyfriend or girlfriend have had a child together you are both responsible for meeting the child's financial needs and you both have the right to be involved in raising the child. You may not have any other rights and obligations towards each other, but you may have the right to participate in parenting the child and you do have the obligation to pay child support. | ||
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There is no minimum length-of-relationship requirement for any claim involving children. A parent is a parent, regardless of the nature of the relationship which produced the child. | There is no minimum length-of-relationship requirement for any claim involving children. A parent is a parent, regardless of the nature of the relationship which produced the child. | ||
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 | 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. | ||
====Separately and jointly owned property==== | ====Separately and jointly owned property==== | ||
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Under s. 150(1) of the act, child support is to be paid in the amount determined under the [[Child Support Guidelines]]. As a result, all of the provisions of the Guidelines apply to unmarried parents, including: | Under s. 150(1) of the act, child support is to be paid in the amount determined under the [[Child Support Guidelines]]. As a result, all of the provisions of the Guidelines apply to unmarried parents, including: | ||
#the tables that are used to calculate the amount of child support payable | #the tables that are used to calculate the amount of child support payable, | ||
#the exceptions that allow child support to be paid in an amount different than the usual table amount | #the exceptions that allow child support to be paid in an amount different than the usual table amount, and | ||
#the rules about the payment of children's special expenses. | #the rules about the payment of children's special expenses. | ||