Protective intervention order
58(1)The court may make a protective intervention order directed to any person who, in the opinion of the court, is a source of danger to a child’s security or development.
58(2)A protective intervention order may contain such provisions as the court considers to be in the best interests of the child, including a direction to the person named in the order to do either or both of the following:
(a)
to cease to reside in the same premises in which the child resides,
(b)
to refrain from any contact or association with the child.
58(3)A protective intervention order may be made in conjunction with any other order that the court may make under this Part.
58(4)A protective intervention order shall remain in force for a period stated in the order, not to exceed twelve months, and may, on application, be extended for additional periods of up to twelve months each.
58(4.1)Where, before the expiration of a protective intervention order, the Minister applies under subsection 60(2) to have the protective intervention order extended but the Court does not dispose of the application before the expiration of the protective intervention order, the protective intervention order remains in effect pending the disposition of the application.
58(5)The court shall, at the time of making a protective intervention order, determine the responsibilities of the person to the person’s dependants as defined in the
Family Law Act, and may make any order with respect to the support of the dependants that it is authorized to make under that Act.
58(6)Any person who violates the provisions of a protective intervention order commits an offence.
1990, c.25, s.12; 1997, c.2, s.12; 2004, c.18, s.3; 2016, c.37, s.66; 2020, c.24, s.3