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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. | ||