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If a protection order, an order from another jurisdiction that is like a protection order, or a ''Criminal Code'' no-contact or no-communication order is made, any previous ''Family Law Act'' orders are suspended to the extent of any conflict with the protection order. In other words, if there's an older order for contact with the children, but a protection order is made that stops the person with contact from communicating with the children, the parts of the older order about contact would be suspended. | If a protection order, an order from another jurisdiction that is like a protection order, or a ''Criminal Code'' no-contact or no-communication order is made, any previous ''Family Law Act'' orders are suspended to the extent of any conflict with the protection order. In other words, if there's an older order for contact with the children, but a protection order is made that stops the person with contact from communicating with the children, the parts of the older order about contact would be suspended. | ||
To find out more about protection orders, you may wish to read the booklet [http://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/resource/1319 For Your Protection: Peace Bonds and Family Law Protection Orders]. | |||
====Changing protection orders==== | ====Changing protection orders==== | ||
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<blockquote><blockquote><tt>(a) take action to enforce the order, whether or not there is proof that the order has been served on the person, and</tt></blockquote></blockquote> | <blockquote><blockquote><tt>(a) take action to enforce the order, whether or not there is proof that the order has been served on the person, and</tt></blockquote></blockquote> | ||
<blockquote><blockquote><tt>(b) if necessary for the purpose of paragraph (a), use reasonable force.</tt></blockquote></blockquote> | <blockquote><blockquote><tt>(b) if necessary for the purpose of paragraph (a), use reasonable force.</tt></blockquote></blockquote> | ||
===Conduct orders=== | ===Conduct orders=== | ||