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Can anyone other than parents apply for custody?

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Provincial statutes that deal with family matters allow other people, like grandparents, other relatives, step-parents and common-law parents, to apply for custody of children. The Divorce Act allows a person other than a parent to make an application for custody of children, but only with special permission from the court.

July 2006

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