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2020, c.23 - Family Law Act

Section 57
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Contact orders
57(1)On application by a person other than a parent, the Court may make a contact order providing for contact between that person and a child.
57(2)On application by a person referred to in subsection (1), the Court may make an interim contact order pending the determination of the application made under that subsection.
57(3)The Court may make a contact order for a definite or indefinite period or until a specified event occurs, and may impose any terms, conditions and restrictions that it considers appropriate, including
(a) requiring that any contact with a child or any transfer of a child from one person to another be supervised, and
(b) prohibiting the removal of a child from a specified geographic area without the written consent of any specified person or without a court order authorizing the removal.
57(4)In determining whether to make a contact order under this section, the Court shall consider all relevant factors, including whether contact between the applicant and the child could otherwise occur, including during the parenting time of another person.
57(5)In a contact order, the Court may provide for
(a) contact between an applicant and a child in the form of visits or by any means of communication, and
(b) any other matter that the Court considers appropriate.
57(6)On application, the Court may vary or discharge a contact order.
57(7)If a parenting order in respect of a child has already been made, the Court may make an order varying the parenting order to take into account a contact order it makes under this section.
57(8)When the Court varies a parenting order under subsection (7),
(a) the Court may include in the new parenting order any provision regarding contact that it would otherwise have been able to include in the original parenting order, and
(b) the new parenting order shall be provided to the court that made the original order.
Contact orders
57(1)On application by a person other than a parent, the Court may make a contact order providing for contact between that person and a child.
57(2)On application by a person referred to in subsection (1), the Court may make an interim contact order pending the determination of the application made under that subsection.
57(3)The Court may make a contact order for a definite or indefinite period or until a specified event occurs, and may impose any terms, conditions and restrictions that it considers appropriate, including
(a) requiring that any contact with a child or any transfer of a child from one person to another be supervised, and
(b) prohibiting the removal of a child from a specified geographic area without the written consent of any specified person or without a court order authorizing the removal.
57(4)In determining whether to make a contact order under this section, the Court shall consider all relevant factors, including whether contact between the applicant and the child could otherwise occur, including during the parenting time of another person.
57(5)In a contact order, the Court may provide for
(a) contact between an applicant and a child in the form of visits or by any means of communication, and
(b) any other matter that the Court considers appropriate.
57(6)On application, the Court may vary or discharge a contact order.
57(7)If a parenting order in respect of a child has already been made, the Court may make an order varying the parenting order to take into account a contact order it makes under this section.
57(8)When the Court varies a parenting order under subsection (7),
(a) the Court may include in the new parenting order any provision regarding contact that it would otherwise have been able to include in the original parenting order, and
(b) the new parenting order shall be provided to the court that made the original order.