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| link = [https://www. | | link = [https://www.parentsupportbc.ca/grandparent-raising-grandchildren-kinship-care-support-circles-by-location/ Grandparents raising <br/> grandchildren] | ||
}}People other than a child's parents can have relationships with a child that fall under the family law umbrella. Typically, these people are a child's extended family members — grandparents, aunts, uncles, and so forth — although there's no reason why someone else, like an unrelated long-term caregiver, a family friend, or a neighbour, couldn't also have an important interest in parenting a child or in having time with a child on a regular basis. | }}People other than a child's parents can have relationships with a child that fall under the family law umbrella. Typically, these people are a child's extended family members — grandparents, aunts, uncles, and so forth — although there's no reason why someone else, like an unrelated long-term caregiver, a family friend, or a neighbour, couldn't also have an important interest in parenting a child or in having time with a child on a regular basis. | ||
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===Links=== | ===Links=== | ||
* [ | * [https://www.parentsupportbc.ca/services/support-line/ Kinship Care Help Line] (formerly Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Line) from the Parent Support Services Society of BC | ||
* [https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/fl-df/child-enfant/cst-orpe.html Child Support Table Look-up] from the Department of Justice | |||
*[https | *[https://bit.ly/3AdKX0u Extended Family Program] (Temporary Out-of-Care Arrangements) from the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development | ||
*[https://aboriginal.legalaid.bc.ca/child-family-rights/extended-family-program Extended Family Program] (Aboriginal families) from Legal Aid BC | |||
* [https:// | *[https://family.legalaid.bc.ca/children/parenting-guardianship Parenting and Guardianship] from Legal Aid BC | ||
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** see section on "Contact with a Child" | ** see section on "Contact with a Child" | ||
* [https:// | *[https://dialalaw.peopleslawschool.ca/custody-guardianship-parenting/ Guardianship, Parenting Arrangements, and Contact]from Dial-a-Law by the People's Law School | ||
* [https://www. | *[https://www.bcli.org/project/appointing-guardian-and-standby-guardianship/ Appointing a Guardian and Standby Guardianship] from the British Columbia Law Institute | ||
===Resources=== | ===Resources=== | ||
* [https:// | * [https://perma.cc/35ZG-VHGP "Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: A Legal Guide"] (2014, no longer updated) from Parent Support Services Society of BC | ||
{{REVIEWED | reviewer = [[JP Boyd]], March 25, 2021}} | {{REVIEWED | reviewer = [[JP Boyd]], March 25, 2021}} |