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===Changing orders, awards and agreements under the ''Family Law Act''===
The ''[[Family Law Act]]'' has different rules about changing varying orders, awards and agreements. The rules also change depending on the subject of the part of the order, award or agreement that needs to be changedvaried.
====Changing orders====
Whenever the court is asked to make an order about guardianship, parenting arrangements, and contact, section 37(1) of the act requires the court to consider only the best interests of the child. The factors to be taken into <span class="noglossary">account</span> in considering the best interests of the child are set out at sections 37 and 38.
In a 2016 case from the Court of Appeal, [http://canlii.ca/t/gnftl ''Williamson v. Williamson''], 2016 BCCA 87, the Court of Appeal court confirmed that the test to apply in an application to vary parenting time arrangements under the ''Family Law Act'' is the same test that applies to the variation of custody arrangements under the ''Divorce Act''. Under this test, a ''material change in circumstances'' is:
* a change in the condition, means, needs, or circumstances of the child and/or the ability of the parents to meet the needs of the child,