1 Definitions

• 1 In this Act:
• “child”, except in Parts 3 and 7 and section 247, means a person who is under 19 years of age;
• “child support guidelines” means the child support guidelines, provided for under section 247, for calculating child support;
• “companion animal” means, subject to section 3.1, an animal that is kept primarily for the purpose of companionship;
• “contact with a child” or “contact with the child” means contact between a child and a person, other than the child’s guardian, the terms of which are set out in an agreement or order;
• “court” means

• (a) the Supreme Court, or
• (b) to the extent that it has jurisdiction to make an order, the Provincial Court;

• “excluded property” means property that would otherwise be family property but is excluded under section 85;
• “family debt” means family debt as described in section 86;
• “family member”, with respect to a person, means

• (a) the person’s spouse or former spouse,
• (b) a person with whom the person is living, or has lived, in a marriage-like relationship,
• (c) a parent or guardian of the person’s child,
• (d) a person who lives with, and is related to,
  • (i) the person, or
  • (ii) a person referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (c), or
• (e) the person’s child,

• and includes a child who is living with, or whose parent or guardian is, a person referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (e);
• “family property” means family property under section 84;
• “guardian” means a guardian under section 39 and Division 3 of Part 4;
• “parent” means a parent under Part 3;
• “parenting arrangements” means arrangements respecting the allocation of parental responsibilities or parenting time, or both;
• “spouse” means a person who is a spouse within the meaning of section 3;
• “written agreement” means an agreement that is in writing and signed by all parties.

2011-25-1, effective March 18, 2013 (B.C. Reg. 131/2012); 2023-12-1 (B.C. Reg. 215/2023).