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target="_blank">Court Orders</a> can be found on the Family Law in B.C. |
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website. |
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<h3>What does being a guardian mean?</h3> |
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<p>Guardianship = parental responsibilities + parenting time</p> |
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Guardians are responsible for the care and upbringing of, and decision making about, their child. |
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There are two parts to guardianship: parental responsibilities and parenting time. |
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<p>What happens when we separate?</p> |
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If you and the other parent have lived together with your children, both of you continue to |
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be guardians after you separate. You'll need to figure out how you you'll care for and make |
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decisions about your children. That is, how will you divide or share parenting |
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responsibilities and parenting time? |
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Even though parents share these responsibilities when they're living together, the law does |
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not assume that any particular arrangement is in the children's best interests after you |
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split up. The law specifically says that courts can't assume that equal sharing of parenting |
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time or equal allocation of parental responsibilities are in the children's best interests. |
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More information on <a href="http://www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca/resources/fact_sheets/guardianship.php" target="_blank"> |
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Guardianship: Parenting time and parental responsibilities </a> |
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can be found on the Family Law in B.C. website |
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