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And there's that number limit again, "2 persons." But that's missing from the British Columbia definition of "spouse" in section 3(1)(b) of the ''Family Law Act''. To "live with another person in a marriage-like relationship" doesn't mean ''with just one other person''. The British Columbia definition means that a person can be in a spousal relationship with one person while being in a spousal relationship with someone else and being in a spousal relationship with someone else. | And there's that number limit again, "2 persons." But that's missing from the British Columbia definition of "spouse" in section 3(1)(b) of the ''Family Law Act''. To "live with another person in a marriage-like relationship" doesn't mean ''with just one other person''. The British Columbia definition means that a person can be in a spousal relationship with one person while being in a spousal relationship with someone else and being in a spousal relationship with someone else. | ||
That's really important, because under the ''Family Law Act'', someone who is a "spouse" has the right to ask anyone else who qualifies as that person's "spouse" for spousal support and for the division of property and debt. On top of that, someone who is a ''stepparent'' — defined as the "spouse" of a parent — is a "parent" potentially obliged to pay child support for the benefit of the parent's child. | That's really important, because under the ''Family Law Act'', someone who is a "spouse" has the right to ask anyone else who qualifies as that person's "spouse" for spousal support and for the division of property and debt. On top of that, someone who is a ''stepparent'' — defined as the "spouse" of a parent — is a "parent" potentially obliged to pay child support for the benefit of the parent's child. And now we've covered potential entitlements concerning: | ||
#child support; | |||
#spousal support; and, | |||
#the division of property and debt. | |||
The definition of "parent" is still restricted. The parents of a child conceived by natural reproduction are limited to the birth mother and the biological father under section 26 of the ''Family Law Act''. Although for a child conceived by assisted reproduction, the people who sign an assisted reproduction agreement can agree that the child's parents will include: | |||
#one or two people who intend to have the child; | |||
#a donor of sperm; | |||
#a donor of eggs; | |||
#a surrogate mother; and, | |||
#the "spouse" of a surrogate mother, | |||
for a total of six potential parents. | |||
==Resources and links== | ==Resources and links== | ||
