Difference between revisions of "Guardianship, Parenting Arrangements and Contact"
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==Contact== | ==Contact== | ||
The time a person who is not a guardian has with a child is ''contact'', including the time of parents who are not guardians. The 'Family Law Act'' doesn't say much about contact, except to say that anyone can apply for it, including parents and grandparents. This is the definition of contact from s. 1 of the act: | |||
<blockquote>'''contact with a child''' or '''contact with the child''' means contact between a child and a person, other than the child's guardian, the terms of which are set out in an agreement or order</blockquote> | |||
A schedule of contact can be set by agreement between the person and the child's guardians under s. 58 of the ''Family Law Act'', or a schedule of contact can be fixed by a court order made under s. 59. Agreements for contact are only good if they are signed by all of the child's guardians who have the parental responsibility of determining who can have contact with the child. | |||
==Incapacity and Death of a Guardian== | ==Incapacity and Death of a Guardian== | ||