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Although people who are not spouses can have all sorts of legal relationships with each other, from co-owning land or running a business together, from a family law perspective, in general their most important relationship is as parents. Parents may: | Although people who are not spouses can have all sorts of legal relationships with each other, from co-owning land or running a business together, from a family law perspective, in general their most important relationship is as parents. Parents may: | ||
#be the ''guardians'' of any children | #be the ''guardians'' of any children they happen to have, and as guardians have parental responsibilities and parenting time with respect to those children; | ||
#have ''contact'' with a child | #have ''contact'' with a child; | ||
#ask for or be responsible to pay ''child support''; and, | #ask for or be responsible to pay ''child support''; and, | ||
#apply for ''protection orders'' if they feel they are at risk of family violence. | #apply for ''protection orders'' if they feel they are at risk of family violence. | ||
Like unmarried spouses who have lived together for less than two years, couples who are not spouses still share in property they jointly own and they can make claims to property owned only by one spouse under the law of trusts and the law of equity. | Like unmarried spouses who have lived together for less than two years, couples who are not spouses still share in property they jointly own and they can make claims to property owned only by one spouse under the law of trusts and the law of equity. | ||
===Extended Family Reltionships=== | |||
Adults with an interest in a child who is not theirs may | |||
#ask to be appointed as the ''guardian'' of a child, and as a guardian have parental responsibilities and parenting time with respect to that child; | |||
#have ''contact'' with a child; and, | |||
#ask for ''child support''. | |||
==A Few Surprisingly Common Misunderstandings== | ==A Few Surprisingly Common Misunderstandings== | ||
