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Yet, he said, he didn&#8217;t receive enough rights because the Family Law Act favored the biological parents &#8211; his ex and the birth mother. As a result of the ongoing legal battle, the plaintiff said he&#8217;s now broke. He expects to return to the courthouse today as his home is going into foreclosure. David Dear, spokesman for Alberta Justice, said the government did not believe the legislation was in any way discriminatory.<\/p>\n<p>[via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calgaryherald.com\/life\/challenges+Family\/4652980\/story.html#ixzz1K9WrNgo0\n\" target=\"_blank\">Calgary Herald<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bitter break-up between a two Calgary dads with a small child has resulted in a challenge to the province&#8217;s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[195,21],"tags":[12199,11],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Canadian gay dad challenges Family Law Act - 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