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===Conduct orders===
Conduct orders under Part 10, Division 5 of the ''[[Family Law Act]]'' give the court some control tools to help parties manage the parties kinds of conflicts and the court processproblematic behaviours that can prevent them from resolving their family law issues. In some cases, conduct orders are used when family violence is not so severe as to require a protection order. They are different from family law protection orders, and not as tailored to addressing family violence. A conduct order could, for example, stop a party from filing repetitive applications that misuse the court process, tell a party to attend a counselling program, or say how and when parties should communicate with each other.
A conduct order may be seen as a less extreme way to reduce bad behaviour and hostilities compared to a family law protection order. While a conduct order may be less coercive, a court must consider whether it is enough. Under section 255, a court will not issue a conduct order restricting communication if a family law protection order would be more appropriate. Likewise, a court will not decline to impose a family law protection order merely because a conduct order was previously in place.
A court can only make conduct orders for one of four purposes set out at section 222:
<blockquote><tt>At any time during a proceeding or on the making of an order under this Act, the court may make an order under this Division for one or more of the following purposes:</tt></blockquote>
<blockquote><blockquote><tt>(d) to facilitate arrangements pending final determination of a family law dispute.</tt></blockquote></blockquote>
Conduct orders include can be used to address a wider range of issues than protection orders, which are specific to family violence. A conduct order could, for example, stop a party from filing repetitive applications that misuse the court process, or compel a party to attend a counselling program. The following are some examples of conduct orders:
*requiring a person to attend counselling, or a specified service or a program like an anti-violence or anger management course,
*restricting communication between the parties,
*requiring a person to participate in family dispute resolution
*requiring a person to pay the costs associated with the family home, like mortgage or rent payments, property taxes, and utilities,
*restricting a person from terminating the utilities serving the family home,
*requiring a person to supervise the removal of personal property from the family home,
*requiring a person to post security to guarantee their good behaviour, and*requiring a person to report to the court or to another person, like a counsellor or therapist, and*any other order the court deems necessary to fulfill one or more of the purpose(s) in section 222 ====Conduct orders restricting communications====Section 225 of the ''[Family Law Act]'' allows the court to make orders restricting or setting conditions on the parties' communications, including when or how communication should take place. If the family violence does not warrant a protection order, a section 225 conduct order can be made instead. Like a protection order, a conduct order can prevent a family member from communicating with or contacting another family member. Breaching a conduct order is not a criminal office however, while breaching a protection order is. Conduct orders are enforced in family court, not criminal court.It is also worth considering that while protection orders are usually time limited, conduct orders normally continue until another a different court order is made. So in some cases conduct orders can provide a longer period of relief. '''Important'''Under section 225, if a court is considering putting restrictions or conditions on communications between parties, they must consider whether a protection order would be more appropriate instead.
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