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Other important changes to the 1985 ''Divorce Act'' include:
#expanding the factors parents and the court must consider when deciding what is, and isn't, in the best interest of children;,#requiring parents to try to resolve family law problems other than by going to court;,#adding measures to help the court deal with family violence;,
#creating a new way of dealing with parents who want to move away, with or without the children, after separation; and,
#implementing a number of international treaties.