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===Changing orders under the ''Divorce Act''===
Under section 5 of the ''[[Divorce Act]]'', the Supreme Court has the jurisdiction to vary a ''Divorce Act'' parenting order or contact order made anywhere in Canada, as long as the person making the application, the ''applicant'', ordinarily lives in British Columbia when the application is made or if both spouses agree to have the application heard in British Columbia. However, if the child has deeper roots and greater social ties in the other province or territory, the court may decide to <span class="noglossary">transfer</span> the application to be heard in that other province or territory under section 6(2) of the act.
A "parenting order" is an order about how decision-making responsibilities and parenting time are shared between married spouses. A "contact order" is an order giving a right to spend time with a child to someone who is not a married spouse time with a child. Decision-making responsibilities, parenting time and contact are discussed in the first section of this chapter, [[Children_and_Parenting_after_Separation|Children and Parenting after Separation]].