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Under section 16.9, a parent who wants to move away after separation, with or without the children, needs to give people with parenting time, decision-making responsibility or contact notice of their intention to move. Under section 16.96, someone with contact also has to give notice when they are planning to move away. | Under section 16.9, a parent who wants to move away after separation, with or without the children, needs to give people with parenting time, decision-making responsibility or contact notice of their intention to move. Under section 16.96, someone with contact also has to give notice when they are planning to move away. | ||
The form used by parents who want to move is called a [https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/fl-df/divorce/nrf-fad.html Notice of Relocation Form]. | The form used by parents who want to move is called a [https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/fl-df/divorce/nrf-fad.html Notice of Relocation Form]. This is a fairly simple fill-in-the-blanks form available from the website of the federal Department of Justice in fillable PDF format and in a version that can be filled out online. | ||
The form used by people with contact is a [https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/fl-df/divorce/ncpr-aclr.html Notice of Change in Place of Residence: Person with Contact] form. This is also available from the website of the federal Department of Justice. | |||
Under section 16.91, someone with parenting time or decision-making responsibility who objects to a parent moving away after separation can either apply to court to stop the move or complete a form expressing their objection. (An objection is important because under section 16.91(1)(b), a parent who wants to move away can do that as long as there is no agreement, award or order preventing them from moving and no one with parenting time or decision-making responsibility has objected to the parent's plans to move.) | |||
The form used by someone who wants to object to a proposed move is called a [https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/fl-df/divorce/orf-fod.html Objection to Relocation Form]. This too is a fairly simple fill-in-the-blanks form available from the website of the federal Department of Justice in fillable PDF format and in a version that can be filled out online. | |||
==The Provincial Court Pilot Project== | ==The Provincial Court Pilot Project== | ||