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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
The provincial ''[[Family Law Act]]'' applies to | The provincial ''[[Family Law Act]]'' applies to anyone who is the parent of a child, regardless of the nature of their relationship with the other parent or parents of their child, and regardless of whether they are the parent of the child as a result of natural reproduction, adoption or assisted reproduction. | ||
The federal ''[[Divorce Act]]'' only applies to people who are or were married to each other; it doesn't apply to unmarried | The act talks about how to identify the parents of a child are, when the child is born by natural reproduction or assisted reproduction. When a child is adopted, the ''Family Law Act'' says that the child's parents are determined by the provincial [http://canlii.ca/t/84g5 Adoption Act]. | ||
The act also talks about how parents can: | |||
#ask for declarations and orders about who the guardians of a child are; | |||
#make agreements or ask for orders about parental responsibilities and parenting time with a child, if the parent is also a guardian of the child; | |||
#make agreements or ask for orders about contact with a child, if the parent is not a guardian of the child; | |||
#make agreements or ask for orders about the payment of child support; and, | |||
#ask for orders for the protection of people. | |||
The federal ''[[Divorce Act]]'' only applies to people who are or were married to each other; it doesn't apply to people in unmarried relationships, including parents who aren't married to each other. | |||
===Orders available to unmarried couples=== | ===Orders available to unmarried couples=== | ||