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===Changing orders, awards and agreements under the ''Family Law Act''===
The rules in the ''[[Family Law Act]]'' has different rules about varying changing orders , awards and setting aside agreements are different from each other, and . The rules also change depending on the subject of the part of the order , award or agreement that is sought needs to be varied or set asidechanged.
====Varying Changing orders====
Both the Supreme Court and the Provincial Court have the jurisdiction power to vary make and change orders and set aside agreements for about guardianship, parenting arrangements, and contact. As a general rule of thumb, applications to vary orders can only be brought to the court that made the original order: ; an order of the Supreme Court can only be varied by the Supreme Court and an order of the Provincial Court can generally only be varied by the Provincial Court.
Section 47 of the ''Family Law Act'' sets out the test to vary orders about parenting arrangements:
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* which was either not foreseen or could not have been reasonably contemplated by the judge who made the initial order. </blockquote>
====Changing awards====
Both the Supreme Court and the Provincial Court have the power to change orders and agreements about guardianship, parenting arrangements, and contact. Only the Supreme Court has the power to change awards about guardianship, parenting arrangements, and contact. As a general rule, applications to vary orders can only be brought to the court that made the original order; an order of the Supreme Court can only be varied by the Supreme Court and an order of the Provincial Court can generally only be varied by the Provincial Court.
====Setting aside agreements====