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===Orders not available to unmarried couples===
===Orders not available to unmarried couples===


A couple who have a child but did not live together, or who lived together for less than two years and did not have a child, cannot ask for orders under the ''Family Law Act'' about child support for the benefit of stepchildren, or for spousal support orders, or for orders about the division of family property and family debt. Only people who qualify as spouses may ask for orders about these subjects.
A couple who have a child but did not live together, or who lived together for less than two years and did not have a child, cannot ask for orders under the ''[[Family Law Act]]'' about:
 
*child support for the benefit of stepchildren,
*spousal support, or
*the division of family property and family debt.  
 
Only people who qualify as married or unmarried spouses may ask for orders on these subjects.


====Spousal support====
====Spousal support====