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====Changing awards==== | ====Changing awards==== | ||
Under section 19.18(3) of the [[Family Law Act]], you can apply to the Supreme Court to change, suspend or cancel all or some of an arbitrator's award when there has been an | Under section 19.18(3) of the [[Family Law Act]], you can apply to the Supreme Court to change, suspend or cancel all or some of an arbitrator's award when there has been an important change in circumstances after the award was made. This is called "varying" an award. | ||
You can apply to vary an award on the same terms as you can apply to vary a court order. | You can apply to vary an award about a particular issue on the same terms as you can apply to vary a court order about that issue. This means that you need to look at the part of the ''Family Law Act'' that applies to varying orders about the particular issue you're dealing with. If your issue is about child support, for example, you need to look at section 152 of the act. Under section 152, the court may vary an order about child support for one of three reasons: | ||
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<li>if there has been an important change of circumstances since the child support order was made, | |||
<li>if important evidence has come to light that wasn't available at the hearing which resulted in the child support order, or | |||
<li>if a lack of financial disclosure was discovered after the hearing which resulted in the child support order\ | |||
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===Other uses of arbitration=== | ===Other uses of arbitration=== | ||
