What's new on the Family Law website

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The Family Law in British Columbia website has added the following new materials.

January 2012

• Three new publications:
  • Abuse in Same-Sex Relationships
  • Transgender People and Relationship Abuse
  • Women Abused by Their Partners (#11 in the Live Safe — End Abuse fact sheet series)
• One new link to the JusticeBC website added to the Legal help & lawyers, Legal research, and Legal system & courts sections of our Links page.

November 2011

• One new What's new in family law item:

  • Federal Child Support Guidelines updated effective December 31, 2011

• One new What's new in family law item:
  • New Family Law Act receives Royal Assent and is now law
• Changed names for two legal issues:
  • Abuse becomes Abuse & family violence
  • Youth becomes Children & teens
• An enhanced publications area with two new publication categories:
  • Legal help & lawyers
  • Legal system & courts
• Two new categories of fact sheets (Legal help & lawyers and Legal system & courts)
• Enhanced mouse-over definitions and more definition links throughout the site
• One new What's new in family law item:
  • New Family Law Act introduced in the legislature

October 2011

• One new link to MySupportCalculator.ca added to the Links page and to the links pages under "Support — Child," and "Support — Spousal."
• One new fact sheet:
  • Mediation
• One new fact sheet:
  • How to prepare for a meeting with a family duty counsel lawyer
• One new frequently asked question about legal aid (under abuse, child protection/removal, common-law relationships, custody & access, divorce & separation, legal system, child support, and spousal support):
  • Can I get legal aid for my family law problem?

September 2011

• One new link to the BC Ministry of Attorney General's Child Protection Mediation Program page added to the Child protection/removal links and the Mediators Who can help page.
• One new fact sheet:

  • Frequently asked technical questions about the Supreme Court family forms

• Six new FAQ:
  • At what age can children choose which parent they get to live with?
  • What financial help can I get to support my nephew who is living with me temporarily?

  • How can I argue my case to get my former common-law partner to pay the amount of child support our children are entitled to? He left the relationship to "start over" and changed his job from full-time to part-time so he could go back to school to learn a new job and feel less stressed while studying.

  • What can I do about a collection agency that's harassing me about my former partner's debt?

  • My former common-law partner pays child support for our daughter, who lives with me and stays with him every second weekend. Now he wants her to stay every weekend, but I don't agree with that. We both want what's best for our daughter, but just can't seem to agree on this, no matter how much we discuss it. What can we do?

  • What is court harassment?

• Two new fact sheets:
  • Can you and your children move to another city when you share child custody and your ex doesn't agree with the move?
  • What if your ex is harassing you through the courts?

August 2011

• One new Who can help page:
  • Community partners