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| link = [https://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/helpmap/service/1133 Grandparents raising <br/> grandchildren]<br/>'''and information on'''<br/>[https://clicklaw.bc.ca/question/commonquestion/1118 Benefits for grandparents <br/>raising grandchildren] | | link = [https://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/helpmap/service/1133 Grandparents raising <br/> grandchildren]<br/>'''and information on'''<br/>[https://clicklaw.bc.ca/question/commonquestion/1118 Benefits for grandparents <br/>raising grandchildren] | ||
}}People other than a child's parents can also have a legal relationship with a child. Typically, these people are a child's blood relatives — grandparents, aunts, uncles and so forth — although there's no reason why someone else, like an unrelated long-term caregiver or a neighbour, couldn't also have an interest in the care and well-being of a child, or in having time with a child on a regular basis. | }}People other than a child's parents can also have a legal relationship with a child. Typically, these people are a child's blood relatives — grandparents, aunts, uncles, and so forth — ,although there's no reason why someone else, like an unrelated long-term caregiver or a neighbour, couldn't also have an interest in the care and well-being of a child, or in having time with a child on a regular basis. | ||
This section talks about the claims a child's caregivers and extended family members can make to guardianship of a child, contact with a child, and child support. | This section talks about the claims a child's caregivers and extended family members can make to guardianship of a child, contact with a child, and child support. | ||
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Their concerns are usually about supervising or managing the parenting of the children, or about getting a schedule in place that will let them see the children on a regular basis. | Their concerns are usually about supervising or managing the parenting of the children, or about getting a schedule in place that will let them see the children on a regular basis. | ||
Two laws might apply to caregivers and extended family members who are seeking orders about parenting the children or having time with them. Where the children's parents are already in court about the children, that might be the federal ''[[Divorce Act]]'' if the parents are or were married, or the provincial ''[[Family Law Act]]'' whether they were married or not. If the children's parents are not involved in a court proceeding between each other, it will be the ''Family Law Act''. | Two laws might apply to caregivers and extended family members who are seeking orders about parenting the children or having time with them. Where the children's parents are already in court about the children, that might be the federal ''[[Divorce Act]]'' if the parents are or were married, or the provincial ''[[Family Law Act]]'', whether they were married or not. If the children's parents are not involved in a court proceeding between each other, it will be the ''Family Law Act''. | ||
Each law has different rules about how and when people other than parents can apply for orders about children, and it's important to understand which law might be applicable. | Each law has different rules about how and when people other than parents can apply for orders about children, and it's important to understand which law might be applicable. | ||