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→When parenting time or contact isn't exercised
Section 63 of the ''[[Family Law Act]]'' talks about the other side of the problem, when someone who has parenting time or contact fails to exercise their parenting time or contact. This is an important problem because of the emotional harm that can be caused to children when an important adult in their lives has decided not to see them, or sees them only sporadically.
Section 63 applies when "a person fails repeatedly to exercise the parenting time or contact with the child to which the person is entitled under an agreement or order, whether or not reasonable notice was given." (Under section 19.20 of the act, arbitration awards are enforced like court orders, so this section applies to awards as well.) The orders that can be applied for are listed in section 63(1) and include orders that:
*the parties participate in a dispute resolution process, such as meeting with a Family Justice Counsellor, parenting coordination mediation and arbitration,