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→Making arrangements for contact
Under section 58(1) of the ''Family Law Act'', the guardian of a child can make a written agreement with someone who is not a guardian that they have contact with a child. (Under section 58(2), agreements like these are only good if they are made with all of the child's guardians who have parental responsibility for making decisions about the people with whom the child may associate.) Written agreements can be filed in court under section 58(3) of the act and, once filed, can be enforced just like they are orders of the court.
If agreement isn't possible, the person asking for contact can apply for a contact order under section 59 of the ''Family Law Act'' or under section 16.5 of the ''Divorce Act''. It's important to remember that people who are asking for contact orders under the ''Divorce Act'' can only ask for those orders:
*if there is an existing court proceeding between married spouses under the ''Divorce Act'', and