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==How are the children cared for if you break up?== | ==How are the children cared for if you break up?== | ||
If you and your spouse cannot decide who the children should live with or how their time should be shared, then a mediator can help you decide, or a judge will make a decision according to what’s in the best interests of the children. The court can also make decisions about how often the children will see each parent (called parenting time or contact) and how parenting decisions about the children will be made (called parental responsibilities). For more information, refer to script [[Children Born outside Marriage (Script 140)|140]] on “Children Born outside Marriage” and script [Custody and Access, Guardianship, Parenting Arrangements and Contact (Script 142)|142] on “Custody and Access, Guardianship, Parenting Arrangements and Contact”. | If you and your spouse cannot decide who the children should live with or how their time should be shared, then a mediator can help you decide, or a judge will make a decision according to what’s in the best interests of the children. The court can also make decisions about how often the children will see each parent (called parenting time or contact) and how parenting decisions about the children will be made (called parental responsibilities). For more information, refer to script [[Children Born outside Marriage (Script 140)|140]] on “Children Born outside Marriage” and script [[Custody and Access, Guardianship, Parenting Arrangements and Contact (Script 142)|142]] on “Custody and Access, Guardianship, Parenting Arrangements and Contact”. | ||
==Can unmarried spouses adopt a child?== | ==Can unmarried spouses adopt a child?== | ||
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==What if you want to place your child for adoption?== | ==What if you want to place your child for adoption?== | ||
Usually both parents have to agree to the adoption. Before a court will make an adoption order, the judge must be satisfied that the other parent has been told about the adoption and has been given an opportunity to say whether he or she agrees. For more information, refer to script 145 on “Adoption”. | Usually both parents have to agree to the adoption. Before a court will make an adoption order, the judge must be satisfied that the other parent has been told about the adoption and has been given an opportunity to say whether he or she agrees. For more information, refer to script [[Adoption (Script 145)|145]]on “Adoption”. | ||
==What rights do you have to be kept safe from an abusive ex-spouse?== | ==What rights do you have to be kept safe from an abusive ex-spouse?== | ||
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*Also see the Family Justice website at www.ag.gov.bc.ca/family-justice. | *Also see the Family Justice website at www.ag.gov.bc.ca/family-justice. | ||
*Read the booklet “Living Together or Living Apart: Common-law Relationships, Marriage, Separation, and Divorce” by the Legal Services Society. BC and available free on their website at [http://www.legalaid.bc.ca www.legalaid.bc.ca]. To find it, click “Our publications”, then under “I want to find a publication by subject” click “Family law”. | *Read the booklet “Living Together or Living Apart: Common-law Relationships, Marriage, Separation, and Divorce” by the Legal Services Society. BC and available free on their website at [http://www.legalaid.bc.ca www.legalaid.bc.ca]. To find it, click “Our publications”, then under “I want to find a publication by subject” click “Family law”. | ||
*Also see the Legal Services Society’s Family Law in BC website at | *Also see the Legal Services Society’s Family Law in BC website at [http://www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca] — under “Your legal issue,” click “Common-law relationships” ([http://www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca/legal_issues/commonLaw.aspx www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca/legal_issues/commonLaw.aspx]). | ||
*Visit the wikibook JP Boyd on Family Law, hosted by Courthouse Libraries BC, at [http://wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca/index.php/JP_Boyd_on_Family_Law wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca/index.php/JP_Boyd_on_Family_Law]. | *Visit the wikibook JP Boyd on Family Law, hosted by Courthouse Libraries BC, at [http://wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca/index.php/JP_Boyd_on_Family_Law wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca/index.php/JP_Boyd_on_Family_Law]. | ||
