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===Contact Under the ''Family Law Act''=== | ===Contact Under the ''Family Law Act''=== | ||
Under the ''Family Law Act'', someone who is not a parent, has ''contact'' with a child. Someone with contact does not have any parental responsibilities | Under the ''Family Law Act'', someone who is not a parent, has ''contact'' with a child. Someone with contact does not have any parental responsibilities for the child, including any responsibility for day-to-day decision-making concerning the child. | ||
It is very important to understand that a person's contact with a child is entirely separate from his or her obligation to pay child support. Child support is not a fee paid or charged to see a child. It is never appropriate to withhold access because a child support payment was missed, nor is it ever appropriate to stop paying child support because contact has been withheld. The courts do not look kindly on people who have engaged in this sort of conduct. | It is very important to understand that a person's contact with a child is entirely separate from his or her obligation to pay child support. Child support is not a fee paid or charged to see a child. It is never appropriate to withhold access because a child support payment was missed, nor is it ever appropriate to stop paying child support because contact has been withheld. The courts do not look kindly on people who have engaged in this sort of conduct. | ||
