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Glossary term

Decision-Making Responsibility

Authority to make significant decisions about a child's well-being — health, education, culture/language/religion. Introduced by the 2021 Divorce Act amendments to replace the decision-making aspect of 'custody'. Can be allocated solely to one parent, jointly to both, or split by category.

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