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}}Final orders, awards and agreements about arrangements for parenting and contact after separation are meant to give parents and other adults involved in children's lives a set of rules that describe how decisions affecting children are to be made, how much time each of the adults will have with the children, and when each adult's time with the children begins and ends. The purposes of rules about these things include: creating certainty about where the kids will be and when they'll be there; allowing parents to make plans for holidays, trips and special occasions well in advance; and, most importantly, reducing conflict between the adults involved in the children's lives. When one or more of the parties to an order, an award or an agreement doesn't follow those rules, these benefits are lost and it may be necessary to take steps to enforce the order, award or agreement so that everyone does the things the rules require them to do.
The process for enforcing orders generally is discussed in the section [[Enforcing_Orders_in_Family_Matters|Enforcing Orders]] in the [[Resolving_Family_Law_Problems_in_Court|Resolving Problems in Court]] chapter; , especially within the online chapter sections which are updated frequently. The process for enforcing agreements generally is discussed in the section [[Enforcing_Family_Law_AgreementEnforcing Family Law Agreement|Enforcing Agreements]] in the [[Family_Law_Agreements|Family Law Agreements]] chapter. Under section 19.20 of the ''[[Family Law Act]]'', arbitrator's awards are enforced as if they are court orders.
This section talks about the special processes and remedies available for enforcing orders, awards and agreements about arrangements for parenting and contact under the ''Family Law Act'', as well as the enforcement of orders under the ''[[Divorce Act]]''.