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Difference between revisions of "Children and Parenting after Separation"

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Parents have ''shared custody'' when the children spend an equal or almost equal amount of time in each of the parents' homes. This sort of arrangement is becoming increasingly common.
Parents have ''shared custody'' when the children spend an equal or almost equal amount of time in each of the parents' homes. This sort of arrangement is becoming increasingly common.


===Guardianship under the ''Family Law Act''===
===Guardianship Under the ''Family Law Act''===


The ''Family Law Act'' doesn't talk about custody. Instead it talks about the rights and duties of people who are ''guardians''. Most of the time, a guardian is a child's parent. However, other people can become guardians by being appointed by the court or by being named as guardian in a guardian's will.
The ''Family Law Act'' doesn't talk about custody. Instead it talks about the rights and duties of people who are ''guardians''. Most of the time, a guardian is a child's parent. However, other people can become guardians by being appointed by the court or by being named as guardian in a guardian's will.