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Difference between revisions of "Enforcing Orders in Family Matters"

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Under the ''[[Family Law Act]]'', the court can make orders allocating parenting time among guardians or giving someone who isn't a guardian rights of contact with a child. Foreign orders that are similar to orders for parenting time or contact can be filed in court and, upon being recognized under s. 75 of the act, may be enforced in the same way as orders made in British Columbia.  
Under the ''[[Family Law Act]]'', the court can make orders allocating parenting time among guardians or giving someone who isn't a guardian rights of contact with a child. Foreign orders that are similar to orders for parenting time or contact can be filed in court and, upon being recognized under s. 75 of the act, may be enforced in the same way as orders made in British Columbia.  


Orders for parenting time and contact are enforced under [http://canlii.ca/t/8q3k Part 4 Division 5]. Under these sections, someone who has been wrongfully denied parenting time or contact may apply to the court and, under s. 61, the court may:
Orders for parenting time and contact are enforced under Part 4 Division 5 of the act. Under these provisions, someone who has been wrongfully denied parenting time or contact may apply to the court and, under s. 61, the court may:


<blockquote><tt>(a) require the parties to participate in family dispute resolution;</tt></blockquote>
<blockquote><tt>(a) require the parties to participate in family dispute resolution;</tt></blockquote>