Putting Children's Interest First - Federal-Provincial-Territorial Consultations on Custody and Access and Child Support

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Table of Contents

• INTRODUCTION
• Part 1: Parenting after Separation or Divorce
  • Roles and responsibilities of parents
  • Best interests of children
  • Family violence
  • High-conflict relationships
  • Children's perspectives
  • Meeting access responsibilities
• Part 2: Child Support
  • Child support in shared custody situations
  • Impact of access costs on child support amounts
  • Child support for children at or over the age of majority
  • Child support obligations of a spouse who stands in the place of a parent
• APPENDIX A: An inventory of government-based services that support the making of enforcement and access decisions
• APPENDIX B: Provincial and territorial papers
• APPENDIX C: Department of Justice Canada papers