Difference between revisions of "Introduction to Family Law in British Columbia"

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 The ''Divorce Act'' only applies to people who are married or who used to be married to each other. It deals with:
-#divorce;
+*divorce,
-#custody;
+*custody,
-#access;
+*access,
-#child support; and,
+*child support, and
-#spousal support.
+*spousal support.
 The ''Family Law Act'' applies to married spouses, unmarried spouses, and couples who are neither married spouses nor unmarried spouses and are perhaps just dating. This law deals with:
-#guardianship;
+*guardianship,
-#parental responsibilities and parenting time;
+*parental responsibilities and parenting time,
-#contact;
+*contact,
-#child support;
+*child support,
-#spousal support;
+*spousal support,
-#dividing family property and family debt;
+*dividing family property and family debt,
-#orders protecting people; and,
+*orders protecting people, and
-#orders protecting property.
+*orders protecting property.
 Unmarried couples can only use the ''[[Family Law Act]]'' to ask for orders about the care of children, child support and orders protecting people. Married spouses and unmarried spouses can use the act to ask for orders about the care of children, child support and orders protecting people, as well as orders about spousal support, property and debt, and orders protecting property.