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====Effect of dispute resolution processes====
====Effect of dispute resolution processes====


Under s. 198(5) of the ''Family Law Act'', the running of the time limits "is suspended during any period in which persons are engaged in family dispute resolution with a family dispute resolution professional." The purpose of this provision is to allow people to engage in dispute resolution without having to feel pressured into starting a court proceeding to stop a time limit from running out. However, this provision isn't as straightforward as it looks.
Under s. 198(5) of the ''[[Family Law Act]]'', the running of the time limits "is suspended during any period in which persons are engaged in family dispute resolution with a family dispute resolution professional." The purpose of this provision is to allow people to engage in dispute resolution without having to feel pressured into starting a court proceeding to stop a time limit from running out. However, this provision isn't as straightforward as it looks.


First, the parties have to be engaged in a process of ''family dispute resolution''. That term is defined in s. 1 of the act as including:
First, the parties have to be engaged in a process of ''family dispute resolution''. That term is defined in s. 1 of the act as including:

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