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→Married spouses, decision-making responsibilities and parenting time
''Decision-making responsibilities'' are the responsibilities parents have to make important decisions on behalf of their children, about things like where the children go to school, how they're treated when they get sick and which sorts of extracurricular activities they'll participate in. Under the old ''Divorce Act'', people with custody had the responsibility for making decisions like these. People other than married spouses may be able to ask for decision-making responsibilities, under certain conditions.
''Parenting time'' is the schedule of the time that each parent has with their children. Under the old ''Divorce Act'', we talked about the children's schedule in terms of access, but "access" only referred to the schedule of the parent who saw the children the least often. People other than married spouses may be able to ask for parenting time, under certain conditions.
A person who has decision-making responsibilities or parenting time is entitled to get information about the education, health and wellbeing of their children from anyone who has that information. A person who has parenting time is also entitled to make day-to-day decisions about the children during their parenting time, including emergency decisions.