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Moving Away after Separation

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<blockquote><tt>(d) any restrictions on relocation contained in a written agreement or an order.</tt></blockquote>
Section 64(1) of the ''Family Law Act'' also allows the court to "make an order that a person not remove a child from a specified geographical area," called "non-removal orders." In the case of [https://canlii.ca/t/jf8ks K.K. v D.H.], a 2021 decision of the Provincial Court, the judge made an order under section 64 ''after'' a guardian had moved with the child from Nanaimo to Victoria, with the result that the child was returned to Nanaimo.
Section 64(2) also allows the court to make other orders to ensure that people comply with a non-removal order made under section 64(1), but only if it is satisfied that a person is planning to move a child out of the province and is unlikely to return with the child: