Difference between revisions of "Children and Parenting after Separation"

It is very important to understand that a guardian's parenting time with a child are 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 guardian missed a child support payment, nor is it ever appropriate to stop paying child support because parenting time has been withheld. The courts do not look kindly on guardians who have engaged in this sort of conduct.

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 in respect of the child, including responsibility for day-to-day decision-making concerning the child.