Written agreements can be filed in court under section 44(3) of the act and, once filed, can be enforced just like they are orders of the court.
Where When guardians can't agree on how parental responsibilities for a child will be shared, they can apply to court to get an order about how they'll be shared under section 45 of the ''Family Law Act''. Parents who are married can also apply for an order about how decision-making responsibility will be shared under section 16.1 of the ''Divorce Act''.
Orders about parental responsibilities and decision-making responsibility are either ''interim'' or ''final'', and, like agreements, cannot be made until the parents have separated. An "interim order" is an order that has been made after a court proceeding has been started but before the court proceeding has wrapped up with final order made after trial or by a final order that is made with the agreement of the parties. Interim orders can be changed by other interim orders. A "final order" is an order that is made by a judge either after a trial or by the agreement of the parties. Final orders can be changed too, providing there has been an important change in the circumstances of a party or a child, but are otherwise intended to be permanent.
Parallel parenting is not a term you will find in either the ''Family Law Act'' or the ''Divorce Act''.
=====Interim orders=====
Interim orders are usually intended to provide a rough structure to the legal relationship between the parties and their children that will last until the matter is finally resolved at trial. Interim orders are not meant to be perfect orders and are often made on less than perfect evidence. The result at trial may be the same or different than the situation in the interim.
An interim custody order is not a final determination of the issue and while the same considerations are applied in making an interim order as they are in a final order, a greater emphasis is placed on the child's immediate and short-term best interests. As a result, the courts will often preserve the existing situation (the status quo) and leave the child with whichever parent they are mostly living with, rather than disturb the child and require a change of homes. In other words, if the father left the family home when the parties separated, leaving the children with their mother, the court will likely allow that situation to stand until the final decision is made.
It can be difficult to change the children's living circumstances once a stable arrangement has been reached, and both parents should be very careful and consider their options if things come to the point where one parent has to move out of the family home. Interim orders can, however, be changed. Generally, a parent will apply to vary an interim order where there has been a change in circumstances that has affected the best interests of the child. Where there has not been such a change in circumstances, the interim order will usually stay as it was.
====Parenting time====
Guardians can make agreements about how the child's parenting time will be shared between them under section 44 of the ''Family Law Act''. These agreements:
*should be written down whenever possible, and
*can only been made when the guardians have separated or are about to separate.
It's important to know that interim orders are intended to Written agreements can be a sort filed in court under section 44(3) of rough-the act and-ready solution to the legal issues parents have to address after separation, and once filed, can be enforced just like they are only meant to last until a final order is made. They are short-term solutions intended to deal with the immediate problems about where a child will live and the role each spouse will play in raising the child. Interim access will be decided after a decision has been made about orders of the child's primary residencecourt.
While an interim order When guardians can't agree on how parental responsibilities for a child will be made based on the same considerations that shared, they can apply to final orders, a lot court to get an order about how they'll be shared under section 45 of weight is usually given to the status quo — the ''Family Law Act''. Parents who are married can also apply for an order about how child's parenting arrangements in place at the time the application for the interim order is made — in order to minimize the amount will be shared under section 16.1 of disruption the child has to deal with while the spouses' legal issues wind their way through the court system'Divorce Act''.
HoweverOrders about parenting time are either ''interim'' or ''final'', and, like agreements, cannot be made until the wrongful conduct of spouse will not establish parents have separated. An "interim order" is an order that has been made after a status quo that court proceeding has been started but before the court will respect. If proceeding has wrapped up with final order made after trial or by a parent final order that is seeing a child too little or if made with the agreement of the parties. Interim orders can be changed by other parent interim orders. A "final order" is withholding access, the court will act on an interim basis to expand order that is made by a judge either after a trial or by the time agreement of the parent parties. Final orders can be changed too, providing there has with been an important change in the child; if circumstances of a party or a parent has taken off with the child, a court may order the parent and child but are otherwise intended to returnbe permanent.
It's important to know that interim orders are intended to be a sort of rough-and-ready solution to the legal issues parents have to address after separation, and are only meant to last until a final order is made. They are short-term solutions intended to deal with immediate problems about things like where a child will live and the role each parent will play in raising the child. While interim orders will be made based on the same considerations that apply to final orders, a lot of weight is usually given to the status quo — the parenting arrangements that are in place at the time the application for the interim order is made — in order to minimize the amount of disruption the child has to deal with while the parents get on with their court proceeding.
Orders for access are either However, the wrongful conduct of two types of order: interim orders and final ordersa parent will not establish a status quo that the court is likely to respect. ''Interim orders'' are made before trialIf a parent is seeing a child too little or if the other parent is withholding parenting time, the court will act on an interim basis to expand the time the parent has with the child; if a parent has just picked up and ''final orders'' are made either by moved away with a judge after trial child, without an order or with the agreement of the parents without a trialparent to do so, the court may order the parent and child to return.
It can otherwise be difficult to change a child's parenting time once a stable arrangement has been reached, and both parents should be very careful and consider their options if things come to the point where one parent has to move out of the family home. Interim orders can, however, be changed. Generally, a parent will apply to vary an interim order where there has been a change in circumstances that has affected the best interests of the child. Where there has not been such a change in circumstances, the interim order will usually stay as it was.
=====Shared custodyparenting time=====
Shared custody is a term used by the Federal [[Child Support Guidelines]] to describe a kind of joint custody situation in which the children spend an equal or almost equal amount of time with each parent. Where parents have shared custody, the children will usually spend a certain amount of time with one parent at that home and a similar amount of time with the other parent at their home. Shared custody can require that the children switch homes every three or four days, every other week, every two weeks, or every month; the amount of time the children spend with each parent will depend on the circumstances of each case, the age of the children, the parents' work schedules, and the schedules of the children's activities.