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| link = [https://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/resource/1608 Access]''','''[https://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/resource/1891 Custody]''', and'''<br/>[https://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/resource/1631 Guardianship, parenting time & <br/>parental responsibilities]
}}When parents separate, they have to make decisions about four important issues: where the children <span class="noglossary">will</span> live; how parenting decisions <span class="noglossary">will</span> be made; how often each of them <span class="noglossary">will</span> see the children; and, how the children <span class="noglossary">will</span> be provided for. This chapter reviews the first three of these issues in detail. The fourth issue is covered in the [[Child Support]] chapter.
This introductory section provides an overview of the law on parenting after separation, and looks at traditional and developing concepts in this area of the law. It also discusses the interests that grandparents and other people, including people who are the guardians of children but not their parents, might have regarding the care of children.
Other sections of this chapter look more closely at some of the non-legal issues involved with the care of children, including:
Other legal issues relating to parenting and parenting after separation, including family violence, naming children, and adopting children are discussed in other sections of this resource.
==Introduction==