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| resourcetype = a publication on ''Family Law Act'' basics titled <br/>
| resourcetype = a publication on ''Family Law Act'' basics titled <br/>
| link = [http://clicklaw.bc.ca/resource/1058 Living Together or Living Apart]
| link = [http://clicklaw.bc.ca/resource/1058 Living Together or Living Apart]
}}Your relationship may have been <span class="noglossary">brief</span>, but if you and your boyfriend or girlfriend have had a child together, you are both responsible for meeting the child's financial needs and each of you may have the right to participate in raising your child.
}}Your relationship may have been <span class="noglossary">brief</span>, but if you and your boyfriend or girlfriend have had a child together, you are both responsible for meeting the child's financial needs and each of you may have the right to participate in raising your child. Paying child support is an obligation that comes from being a parent, but parenting a child is a privilege not a right.


This section is for unmarried people who have had a child but who never lived together, and, as result, are not spouses. It talks about the legal issues unmarried parents may have to deal with and those they don't, and discusses the two most common issues couples like this have to deal with: child support and the care of children.
This section is for unmarried people who have had a child but who never lived together, and, as result, are not spouses. It talks about the legal issues unmarried parents may have to deal with and those they don't, and discusses the two most common issues couples like this have to deal with: child support and the care of children.