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Couples who neither married nor lived together but have had a child together can ask for orders about the care of their child and child support for their child under the provincial ''Family Law Act''.
Couples who neither married nor lived together but have had a child together can ask for orders about the care of their child and child support for their child under the provincial ''Family Law Act''.


==Child Support==
===Child Support===


Child support is payable by anyone who is the parent of a child, regardless of the brevity of the relationship which produced the child. The ''Family Law Act'' says, at s. 147, that "each parent" has a duty to provide support for his or her child.
Child support is payable by anyone who is the parent of a child, regardless of the brevity of the relationship which produced the child. The ''Family Law Act'' says, at s. 147, that "each parent" has a duty to provide support for his or her child.

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