539
edits
Changes
m
→What about claims under the Divorce Act?
====Spousal support====
The rules about spousal support are very similar between the two laws, except that under the ''[[Family Law Act]]'' spousal support is also available to adults who aren't married to each other as long as they meet that act's definition of "spouse."
There's no limit to when claims for spousal support can be brought under the ''[[Divorce Act]]''. Under the ''Family Law Act'', however, spouses who are entitled to ask for spousal support must begin a court proceeding for spousal support within two years of the divorce order if the couple were married, or within two years of separation if the couple wasn't married, or they will be out of time and can't make the claim at all.
====Parenting children====
The ''[[Divorce Act]]'' talks about spouses who have decision-making responsibility and parenting time, and people who aren't spouses who have contact. The ''[[Family Law Act]]'' talks about guardians who have parental responsibilities and parenting time, and people who aren't guardians who have contact. Both laws also talk about what happens when a parent wants to move away with a child and how family violence impacts on the court's decisions about parenting. The two laws are very similar to each other, although there are some small differences.
==The law about children==