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eans public or private services intended to help persons deal with issues arising from separation or divorce; ( services de justice familiale ) family member includes a member of the household of a child of the marriage or of a spouse or former spouse as well as a dating partner of a spouse or former spouse who participates in the activities of the household; ( membre de la famille ) family violence means any conduct, whether or not the conduct constitutes a criminal offence, by a family member towards another family member, that is violent or threatening or that constitutes a pattern of coercive and controlling behaviour or that causes that other family member to fear for their own safety or for that of another person — and in the case of a child, the direct or indirect exposure to such conduct — and includes (a) physical abuse, including forced confinement but excluding the use of reasonable force to protect themselves or another person; (b) sexual abuse; (c) threats to kill or cause bodily harm to any person; (d) harassment, including stalking; (e) the failure to provide the necessaries of life; (f) psychological abuse; (g) financial abuse; (h) threats to kill or harm an animal or damage property; and (i) the killing or harming of an animal or the damaging of property; ( violence familiale ) Federal Child Support Guidelines means the guidelines made under section 26.1; ( lignes directrices fédérales sur les pensions alimentaires pour enfants ) legal adviser means any person who is qualified, in accordance with the law of a province, to represent or provide legal advice to another person in any proceeding under this Act; ( conseiller juridique ) order assignee means a minister, member, agency or public body to whom a support order is assigned under subsection 20.1(1); ( cessionnaire de la créance alimentaire ) parenting order means an order made under subsection 16.1(1); ( ordonnance parentale ) parenting time means the time that a child of the marriage spends in the care of a person referred to in subsection 16.1(1), whether or not the child is physically with that person during that entire time; ( temps parental ) provincial child support service means any service, agency or body designated in an agreement with a province under subsection 25.01(1) or 25.1(1); ( service provincial des aliments pour enfants ) relocation means a change in the place of residence of a child of the marriage or a person who has parenting time or decision-making responsibility — or who has a pending application for a parenting order — that is likely to have a significant impact on the child’s relationship with (a) a person who has parenting time, decision-making responsibility or an application for a parenting order in respect of that child pending; or (b) a person who has contact with the child under a contact order; ( déménagement important ) spousal support order means an order made under subsection 15.2(1); ( ordonnance alimentaire au profit d’un époux ) spouse includes, in subsection 6(1) and sections 15.1 to 16.96, 21.1, 25.01 and 25.1, a former spouse; ( époux ) support order means a child support order or a spousal support order; ( ordonnance alimentaire ) variation order means an order made under subsection 17(1); ( ordonnance modificative ) variation proceeding means a proceeding in a court in which either or both former spouses seek a variation order. ( action en modification ) Child of the marriage (2) For the purposes of the definition child of the marriage in subsection (1), a child of two spouses or former spouses includes (a) any child for whom they both stand in the place of parents; and (b) any child of whom one is the parent and for whom the other stands in the place of a parent. Term not restrictive (3) The use of the term “application” to describe a proceeding under this Act in a court shall not be construed as limiting the name under which and the form and manner in which that proceeding may be taken in that court, and the na