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====''Divorce Act'' orders====
When a court order about children has been made under the ''[[Divorce Act]]'', a spouse who moves to a different province can apply to change that order in the new province under s. 18 5 of the act. The order that the spouse gets, however, courts of British Columbia will only be a ''provisional hear an application for an order'' which has no immediate effect. The Attorney General is required to send the provisional order to the court that made different than the original orderas long as: #either spouse normally lives in this province, and that court will have a ''confirmation hearing'' under s. 19. If or#both spouses agree that court confirms our courts should deal with the provisional order, the order will be changedmatter.
Since the ''Divorce Act'' applies to the whole of Canada, ''Divorce Act'' orders have effect throughout Canada. An order made under the ''Divorce Act'' may be registered in any court in Canada under s. 20(3) of the act, and will be treated as an order of the court in which it is registered for enforcement purposes.
====''Divorce Act'' orders====
 
When a court order about support has been made under the ''[[Divorce Act]]'', a spouse who moves to a different province can apply to change that order in the new province under s. 18 of the act. The order that the spouse gets, however, will only be a ''provisional order'' which has no immediate effect. The Attorney General is required to send the provisional order to the court that made the order, and that court will have a ''confirmation hearing'' under s. 19. If that court confirms the provisional order, the order will be changed.
An order for child support or spousal support made under the ''[[Divorce Act]]'' may be registered in any court in Canada under s. 20(3) of the act, and will be treated as an order of the court in which it is registered for enforcement purposes.
 
Under s. 5 of the ''[[Divorce Act]]'', the courts of British Columbia will hear an application for an order different than the original order if:
 
#either spouse normally lives in this province, or
#both spouses agree that our courts should deal with the matter.
====Other orders made outside British Columbia====