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*'''Child Support Guidelines''': A federal regulation, in force throughout Canada except Quebec, that talks about how child support is calculated. | *'''Child Support Guidelines''': A federal regulation, in force throughout Canada except Quebec, that talks about how child support is calculated. | ||
*'''Collaborative Settlement Processes''': A kind of negotiation in which the parties and their lawyers sign an agreement to do everything they can to resolve a family law dispute without going to court, often with the assistance of counsellors, child psychologists and financial experts. | *'''Collaborative Settlement Processes''': A kind of negotiation in which the parties and their lawyers sign an agreement to do everything they can to resolve a family law dispute without going to court, often with the assistance of counsellors, child psychologists and financial experts. | ||
Consent Order: An order that the parties to a court case agree the court should make. | *'''Consent Order''': An order that the parties to a court case agree the court should make. | ||
Contact with a Child: The time a person who is not a guardian has with a child, usually fixed by a schedule. Contact is a term used in the provincial Family Law Act. | *'''Contact with a Child''': The time a person who is not a guardian has with a child, usually fixed by a schedule. Contact is a term used in the provincial ''Family Law Act''. | ||
Court Case: A court proceeding between two or more people. Also called an “action” or a “lawsuit”. | *'''Court Case''': A court proceeding between two or more people. Also called an “action” or a “lawsuit”. | ||
Custody: A parent’s right to have the child live in his or her home and to make decisions about the care of the child. Custody is a terms used in the Divorce Act. | *'''Custody''': A parent’s right to have the child live in his or her home and to make decisions about the care of the child. Custody is a terms used in the ''Divorce Act''. | ||
Divorce: The legal end of a marriage by a court order. | *'''Divorce''': The legal end of a marriage by a court order. | ||
Divorce Act: A federal law that talks about divorce, custody of and access to children, child support and spousal support. | *'''Divorce Act: A federal law that talks about divorce, custody of and access to children, child support and spousal support. | ||
Excluded Property: Property owned by a spouse before the spouses began to live together or married, plus certain kinds of property received afterwards like gifts and inheritances, that is excluded from family property and normally remains the property of the owning spouse. Excluded property is a term used in the Family Law Act. | Excluded Property: Property owned by a spouse before the spouses began to live together or married, plus certain kinds of property received afterwards like gifts and inheritances, that is excluded from family property and normally remains the property of the owning spouse. Excluded property is a term used in the Family Law Act. | ||
Family Debt: Debt incurred by either or both spouses during their relationship, normally shared between both spouses. Family debt is a term used in the Family Law Act. | Family Debt: Debt incurred by either or both spouses during their relationship, normally shared between both spouses. Family debt is a term used in the Family Law Act. | ||
