Part 7: Your rights under family law
Family law is mostly about the rights and responsibilities of partners, parents, and children. Whether or not you are legally married, you and your partner have certain rights
and responsibilities under Ontario’s family laws. These laws deal with things like:
- decision-making responsibility for the children, which used to be called custody
- parenting time between parents and children, which used to be called access
- dividing family property
- financial support for you and the children
If you are married and want a divorce, the federal Divorce Act also applies.
- What is decision-making responsibility?
- What is parenting time?
- What is child support?
- What is spousal support?
- How are support orders enforced?
- How do we divide our property?
- Can I get a divorce?
- Can my family be reported to a Children’s Aid Society?
- How do we decide our family law issues?
- How does the court make decisions about children?
- Getting help