Videos
Family Matters in Supreme Court: Judicial Case Conferences and Chambers Hearings
Inside Look at Family Mediation
Making Your Case: The Family Court Process
Choosing a Court
Figuring out which court to go to is an important first step in any family law process. In BC, the Supreme Court and the Provincial Court handle some of the same types of cases. Using the fictional case of Christa, who has separated from her husband and is trying to figure out how to settle custody, access, and child support, this 6-minute video shows how she and her friend Jane, using the Family Law in BC website, figure out which court Christa should go to.
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Family Matters in Supreme Court: Judicial Case Conferences and Chambers Hearings
Family Matters in Supreme Court is a 19‑minute video designed to help people who have to go to Supreme Court on a family matter without a lawyer. The video dramatizes the fictional situation of Mark and Tracy Carter as they attend a judicial case conference, where they agree to reduce Mark's monthly child support payments, and a Supreme Court Chambers hearing, where the master rules that Mark must still pay child support arrears.
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Haga Su Propio Divorcio
Haga Su Propio Divorcio is a 6½‑minute video in Spanish about divorce. It depicts the fictional case of Laura and Rosa, who meet in a dentist's waiting room. Rosa finds out that Laura is about to get a divorce and tells her about the help she can get in doing her own divorce using the self-help materials on the Legal Services Society's family law website.
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An Inside Look at Family Mediation
An Inside Look at Family Mediation is an 8½-minute video excerpted from a 2-DVD set created by the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia. Using the fictional case of Dean and Saya, a couple separating after 17 years of marriage, this video introduces mediation in family law cases and how it works.
The complete DVD can be ordered from the Continuing Legal Education Society website.
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Making Your Case: The Family Court Process
Making Your Case is a 22‑minute video designed for people who have to go to BC Family (Provincial) Court without a lawyer. Using the fictional case of a child support dispute between two parents as an example, this video takes viewers through the various stages of court proceedings, including filing a court application, serving documents, giving evidence, cross-examining, summarizing, and hearing the judge's order.
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Ruptura del Contrato de Esponsoramiento
Ruptura del Contrato de Esponsoramiento is a 4½-minute video in Spanish about sponsorship breakdown. The video depicts the fictional case of Susana, a woman in an abusive relationship, who learns from her coworker Anita that she can leave her abusive husband without fear of losing her permanent residence status.
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Selected Topics in Family Law
Click on "Watch video" under either of the titles listed below to watch a short video clip excerpted from "Helping Clients Prepare Divorce Documents That Don't Bounce," a workshop by lawyer J.P. Boyd at the October 2006 LSS Provincial Training Conference for Legal Advocates.
Affidavit of Service
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Needed for Divorce: Your Marriage Certificate
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Solicitudes Internas de Esponsoramiento
Solicitudes Internas de Esponsoramiento is a 6½-minute video in Spanish about making a sponsoring application within Canada. It depicts the fictional case of a recently married couple, Roxana (a Canadian) and Emilio (a Chilean), who cannot bear to be apart. They go to see their lawyer, Tomas, who tells them that they can apply for Emilio's permanent residency from within Canada.
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