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====Effect of dispute resolution processes====
====Effect of dispute resolution processes====


Under s. 198(5) of the ''Family Law Act'', the running of the time limits is "is suspended during any period in which persons are engaged in family dispute resolution with a family dispute resolution professional." The purpose of this provision is to allow people to engage in dispute resolution without having to feel pressured into starting a court proceeding to stop a time limit from running out. However, this provision isn't as straightforward as it looks.
Under s. 198(5) of the ''Family Law Act'', the running of the time limits "is suspended during any period in which persons are engaged in family dispute resolution with a family dispute resolution professional." The purpose of this provision is to allow people to engage in dispute resolution without having to feel pressured into starting a court proceeding to stop a time limit from running out. However, this provision isn't as straightforward as it looks.


First, the parties have to be engaged in a process of ''family dispute resolution''. That term is defined in s. 1 of the act as including:
First, the parties have to be engaged in a process of ''family dispute resolution''. That term is defined in s. 1 of the act as including:
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