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In this first section we take a look at the range of family relationships, and examine how the law impacts on people in these relationships. We also discuss some urban myths about married and unmarried relationships. The other sections in this chapter go into more detail about the legal rights and duties involved in [[Marriage & Married Spouses|married relationships]], [[Unmarried Spouses|unmarried spousal relationships]], and relationships involving [[Other Unmarried Relationships|unmarried people who have had a child but never lived together]]. The final section talks about the claims a child's [[Children's Caregivers and Extended Family|caregivers and extended family members]] can make.
In this first section we take a look at the range of family relationships, and examine how the law impacts on people in these relationships. We also discuss some urban myths about married and unmarried relationships. The other sections in this chapter go into more detail about the legal rights and duties involved in [[Marriage & Married Spouses|married relationships]], [[Unmarried Spouses|unmarried spousal relationships]], and relationships involving [[Other Unmarried Relationships|unmarried people who have had a child but never lived together]]. The final section talks about the claims a child's [[Children's Caregivers and Extended Family|caregivers and extended family members]] can make.
Everything in this chapter applies just as much to same-sex couples as it does to opposite-sex couples.


==Introduction==
==Introduction==

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