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How are parenting orders and contact orders changed?
===How are parenting orders and contact orders changed?===
Under section 17(1)(b) of the ''[[Divorce Act]]'', a spouse or another person can apply to change, or ''vary'', a parenting order, but someone who isn't a spouse has to get permission from the court first. Under section 17(1)(c), applications to change a contact order can be made by "a person to whom the order relates," usually themselves or a spouse.
The legal test that must be met before the court changes a parenting order or contact order is at section 17(5) and (5.1):
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