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===Who is a guardian?===
Under the ''[[Family Law Act]]'', the people who are responsible for caring for a child are ''guardians''. A child can have one guardian, two guardians, or more than two guardians. Most of the time, a child’s parents <span class="noglossary">will</span> be the child’s guardians, as long as the parents have lived with the child. A parent who never lived with a child isn’t a guardian unless:
#the court makes an order that the parent is a guardian;
The court can make an order appointing someone who isn’t a parent as the guardian of a child under section 51. The same section also lets the court make an order removing a person, including a parent, as the guardian of a child. Both the Provincial Court and the Supreme Court can make orders about guardianship.
It's important to know that a guardian's new spouse or partner doesn’t become a guardian to a child just because of their relationship with the guardian. The only way for a new spouse or partner to become a guardian is for them to be appointed as a guardian by the court.
===What are parental responsibilities?===