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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], or read [http://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/resource/4101 How to Apply for a Family Law Protection Order].
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], or read the information page on [https://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/resource/4657 How to Apply for a Family Law Protection Order], under the section "Family law protection orders".


===Changing protection orders===
===Changing protection orders===

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