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Your relationship may have been brief, but if you and your boyfriend or girlfriend have had a child together you are both responsible for meeting the child's financial needs and you both have the right to be involved in raising the child. You may not have any other rights and obligations towards each other, but you may have the right to participate in parenting the child and you do have the obligation to pay child support. | Your relationship may have been brief, but if you and your boyfriend or girlfriend have had a child together you are both responsible for meeting the child's financial needs and you both have the right to be involved in raising the child. You may not have any other rights and obligations towards each other, but you may have the right to participate in parenting the child and you do have the obligation to pay child support. | ||
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Applications for appointment as guardian are difficult as the person who is making the application must provide a special kind of affidavit that talks about the children who are and have been in the person's care, any civil or criminal court proceedings that might impact on the safety of a child, and any history of involvement with the Ministry for Children and Family Development. The person must also provide recent MCFD and police records checks. | Applications for appointment as guardian are difficult as the person who is making the application must provide a special kind of affidavit that talks about the children who are and have been in the person's care, any civil or criminal court proceedings that might impact on the safety of a child, and any history of involvement with the Ministry for Children and Family Development. The person must also provide recent MCFD and police records checks. | ||
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==Further Reading in this Chapter== | ==Further Reading in this Chapter== | ||
* <span style="color: red;">bulleted list of other pages in this chapter, linked</span> | * <span style="color: red;">bulleted list of other pages in this chapter, linked</span> | ||
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==Page | ==Page resources and links== | ||
===Legislation=== | ===Legislation=== | ||
* | * ''[[Family Law Act]]'' | ||
===Links=== | ===Links=== | ||
* | * [http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/bnfts/ Canada Revenue Agency Website: Child and family benefits] | ||
* [http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/topic.page?id=406FD5D227AA4BAEB741A49AFBEDD485 BC Family Bonus] | |||
* [http://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/resource/1058 Legal Services Society's ‘’Living Together or Living Apart’’, Chapter 1, Types of Relationships] | |||
* [http://clicklaw.bc.ca/resource/2376 Canadian Bar Association BC Branch: Introduction to family law] | |||
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