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Where the child winds up living mostly with a caregiver or extended family member, the caregiver or extended family member can ask for an order under the ''Family Law Act'' requiring either or both of the child's parents to pay child support to the person with whom the child lives. | Where the child winds up living mostly with a caregiver or extended family member, the caregiver or extended family member can ask for an order under the ''Family Law Act'' requiring either or both of the child's parents to pay child support to the person with whom the child lives. | ||
A child's caregivers and extended family members do not have the standing to ask for orders for spousal support from a parent under the ''Divorce Act'' or the ''Family Law Act'' as they | A child's caregivers and extended family members do not have the standing to ask for orders for spousal support from a parent under the ''Divorce Act'' or the ''Family Law Act'' as they are not spouses of the parent. For the same reason, they cannot ask for orders about the division of family property and family debt against a parent under the ''Family Law Act''. | ||
===The Care of Children=== | ===The Care of Children=== | ||
