Both the Family Law Act and the Matrimonial Property Act are silent about the status of a perpetrator who was a tenant or co-tenant at the time
an order granting exclusive possession to the victim was made, so it is likely the perpetrator will continue to be a tenant.
With an EPO or QBPO, it would seem that the perpetrator remains a tenant if the PAFVA and the RTA are read together — unless the victim with the protection
order granting exclusive possession of the residential premises is not a tenant and chooses to assume the responsibilities of the tenant under section 9 (3) of the PAVFA.
Does the victim of domestic violence with a protection
order granting exclusive possession need the consent of the landlord to change the locks?
Is the perpetrator who was a tenant or co-tenant at the time a protection
order granting exclusive possession to the victim was made, still a «tenant» under the RTA?
If a victim with a protection
order granting exclusive possession of the residential premises is not a tenant and does not choose to assume the responsibilities of the tenant under section 9 (3) of the PAVFA, then the perpetrator will still have all of the responsibilities of a tenant, even though out of possession.
Nevertheless, protection
orders grant exclusive possession.
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The court may
order that a petitioner be
granted the
exclusive custody or control of any pet owned, possessed, leased, kept, or held by the petitioner, respondent, or minor child residing with either the petitioner or respondent and may prohibit the respondent from interfering with the petitioner's efforts to remove the pet.
The law now allows a judge to
grant the petitioner of a protective
order exclusive care, custody, or control of any animal owned, possessed, leased, kept, or held by the victim, the abuser, or a minor child in the household; the law also allows a judge to
order the abuser to stay away from the pet in both temporary and final domestic violence protective
orders.
Iowa now allows the court to
grant petitioners
exclusive care, possession, or control of any pets or companion animals in both temporary and permanent
orders.
The only things somewhat similar to this that courts can do are (a) «bed and board divorces»
granted by the Circuit Court, and (b)
orders saying which party gets to have
exclusive use of the couple's home, often
granted at the same time as initial temporary support
orders.
If your matter goes through the court system then one party can be
granted exclusive possession on a temporary basis by way of a court
order.
In deciding whether or not to
grant an
Exclusive Possession
Order, the court will consider:
Section 24 (1) of the Family Law Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. F. 3, empowers the Court to
grant an
order for
exclusive possession regardless of ownership of the matrimonial home.
A Court can
grant an
Order for
exclusive possession even without a threat of danger present.
There are other open questions about how the RTA is affected by the different protection
orders, particularly when the perpetrator was a tenant or co-tenant of the residential premises at the time a protection
order was made that
granted the victim
exclusive possession of those premises.
Section 24 of the Matrimonial Property Act says essentially the same thing for married persons
granted exclusive possession
orders under that Act:
It states that anyone who is
granted exclusive occupation of the family home under sections 16 - 18, 20 or 21 is bound by the lease on the family home during the period of the
order.
Once the victim is
granted exclusive possession under a protection or other court
order for a specified period of time, then during that period of time the perpetrator would almost certainly have no right to a key or access to the residential premises, regardless of what the RTA says.
In Alberta, it would be better to amend the PAFVA and the other legislation under which
exclusive possession of residential premises can be
granted rather than amend the RTA, because what is needed is a comprehensive list of matters to be considered by the parties and the courts in
granting a protection
order, or at least the QBPOs.
As a practical matter, victims of domestic violence who are
granted protection
orders providing for conditions such as
exclusive occupation or possession of the family home should advise their landlords of such, and preferably provide them with a copy of the
order, particularly if they wish to change the locks or make arrangements to take over the residential tenancy agreement.
In Potter v Boston, the Court examined an application by the husband who sought leave to appeal an interim
order that
granted his wife
exclusive possession of a condominium, which was owned by the husband and located in Florida, for one week every month.
(a) Title 38 U.S.C. § 3107 (a)(2), which gives the VA discretionary authority to apportion disability compensation on behalf of a veteran's children, is not an
exclusive grant of authority to the VA to
order that child support be paid from disability benefits, and does not indicate that exercise of the VA's discretion could yield independent child support determinations in conflict with existing state court
orders.
On the other hand, the cases also appear to point to commercial rights being intrinsically connected to, and in fact requiring,
exclusive possession in
order to be
granted as a native title right or interest.
With that in mind, the Family Code § 6320 specifically allows a court to
grant exclusive care of any animal to a single party and may even issue a restraining
order against the other party to prevent the abuse or abduction of the pet.