Archives: What's new on the Family Law website
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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:
- One new fact sheet:
- 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):
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:
- Six new FAQ:
- Two new fact sheets:
August 2011
- One new Who can help page:
July 2011
- One new link to Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada's International Child Abductions: A Manual for Parents, an online manual on child abduction by a parent added to the Abuse, Custody & access, and Immigrants links pages.
- One new What's new in family law item:
June 2011
- Four revised self-help guides to address changes required by Order in Council No. 191, effective July 1, 2011:
- How to do your own undefended (uncontested) divorce (Sole application) (changed form name from Certificate to Certificate of Pleadings)
- How to do your own undefended (uncontested) divorce (Joint application) (changed form name from Certificate to Certificate of Pleadings)
- How to get an indigency order in Supreme Court (changed requirement from providing proof of receiving social assistance to completing an Affidavit of Indigent Status)
- How to personally serve documents for a BC (Canada) Supreme Court family law process (added instructions and a line on the form for inserting the place where the documents were served)
- Three new publications:
- If Your Sponsor Abuses You (part of the Live Safe — End Abuse fact sheet series)
- Men Abused by Their Partners (part of the Live Safe — End Abuse fact sheet series)
- If Your Child Is Taken: Your Rights As a Parent (in French)
May 2011
- Two new publications:
- Surviving Relationship Violence and Abuse (in traditional Chinese and Spanish)
- Child Protection Process in British Columbia flowchart
- One revised publication:
- One new What's new in family law item:
- One revised fact sheet (we've added information about the Extended Family Program):
- One revised fact sheet (we've added information about the time limits for applying for spousal support):
- Two enhanced self-help guides: we've added a list of all the relevant court forms for each guide (with links) to:
- One revised Who can help page:
April 2011
- Eight new publications in a new fact sheet series: Live Safe — End Abuse:
March 2011
- One new link to the YWCA Vancouver Legal Publications and Projects page (with resources for women leaving abusive relationships) added to the Abuse links.
February 2011
- One new frequently asked question:
- One new link to the Notice of Address for Service (Form F10) added to the Court forms page.
January 2011
- Four new frequently asked questions (two about divorce/court forms and two about child support):
- I was married in Vancouver, BC and then I moved to the United States with my soon-to-be-ex-husband. I left him two years after we moved there. My divorce papers are going through the court system in the US and will be finalized soon. How do I let Ottawa/Stats Canada know my divorce has been finalized?
- We're trying to get divorced but didn't get our Affidavit — Desk Order Divorce signed within 30 days of submitting the other divorce application documents to the court. We didn't read the instruction carefully enough and just got the Notice of Family Claim (Form F1) back from the court. What must we do?
- I'm six months pregnant, but the father says it's not his baby and he won't pay child support until I can prove the child is his. Can I have a paternity test done before my baby is born?
- I am 6 months pregnant and the father, my common-law partner for the past two and a half years, just left me. Can I take him to court for child support before the baby is born?
December 2010
- A new link to JP Boyd's Family Law Resource Blog added to the What's new in family law page (under "Other useful links" on the right)
- Two new What's new in family law items:
- In response to Supreme Court Practice Direction 28 and Administrative Notice AN-7 (effective November 1, 2010), we've made minor changes to the relevant self-help guides (new required cover page for the Application Record in Word and PDF and changes to the timelines for filing the Application Record before going to court).
November 2010
- One new Who can help page:
October 2010
- Two new self-help guides:
- One revised and updated fact sheet:
- One new What's new in family law item:
September 2010
- Six new translations of a publication:
- Living Together or Living Apart: Common-law Relationships, Marriage, Separation, and Divorce (in Arabic, Chinese [traditional], Farsi [Persian], French, Korean, Spanish, and Vietnamese)
- One new frequently asked question:
- Links to five sample completed Provincial Court forms added to the Sample completed court forms page.
- One new fact sheet:
- One reviewed and updated self-help guide:
- One new link to the Ministry of Children and Family Development's Extended Family Program added to the Child protection/removal, Grandparents/Relatives, and Youth links.
August 2010
- One new Who can help page:
- In response to Order in Council No 512 dated July 29, 2010, we've revised some of the time limits in four of the Supreme Court self-help guides:
- One revised fact sheet:
July 2010
- One new video transcript, for:
June 2010
- See Going to Supreme Court? Read this first! for links to the new and revised material we've added to the site to conform to the new Supreme Court Family Rules, including:
- 5 new and 14 revised self-help guides
- 1 new guide to choosing a self-help guide
- 3 new and 12 revised fact sheets
- 3 new and 9 revised frequently asked questions
- 1 revised Court forms page
- 1 new Sample completed Supreme Court forms page
- 1 new video about how to use the new Supreme Court forms
- One new What's new in family law item:
May 2010
- Two new fact sheets about the new Supreme Court Family Rules:
- Four new frequently asked questions about the new Supreme Court Family Rules:
- Do the new Supreme Court Family Rules apply to my case if any of my documents were filed before the new rules came into effect?
- How do the changed rules affect my case if I filed it before July 2010?
- Do I need to file other documents to replace the ones I filed before July 1, 2010?
- Should I wait and file my documents after July 1, 2010? Is there any advantage to doing that?
- One new audio-visual clip:
- One revised publication:
- Benefits and Services for Seniors (English)
- Three new online fact sheets:
- A new and improved Flash visual on the home page to feature site content
April 2010
- Two new publications:
March 2010
- New link to the Court Rules Act — Supreme Court Family Rules added to the Legislation/court rules page and to the Legislation/court rules pages under "Common-law relationships," "Custody and access," "Divorce and separation," "Support — Child," and "Support — Spousal"
- One new What's new in family law item:
- Four new publications:
- Living Together or Living Apart: Common-law Relationships, Marriage, Separation, and Divorce (in English, 3rd edition)
- Provincial (Family) Court: Getting Initial Orders for Custody, Guardianship, Access, and Support (flow chart)
- Sponsorship Breakdown (in English, 3rd edition)
- Understanding Aboriginal Delegated Agencies: Information for Aboriginal Families (new Aboriginal child protection fact sheet)
February 2010
- Two new links (Family Mediation Canada and the Mediator Roster Society websites) added to the Divorce and separation Links
- One new link to the BC/Yukon Society of Transition Houses added to the Abuse Links
- One new link to the Parent Support Services Society of BC added to the Grandparents/Relatives Links
- One new What's new in family law item:
January 2010
- Two new publications:
December 2009
- One new What's new in family law item:
- One new Who can help page:
- For each legal issue and community page, a new navigation with resources and information organized into a menu.
- At the top of the screen, a new Your FAQ tab that lists frequently asked questions by legal issue, community, and topic.
- One new frequently asked question:
November 2009
- One reviewed and updated self-help guide:
- One new publication:
October 2009
- Changes to all publications pages to allow you to order LSS publications online from Crown Publications.
- At the top of the screen, new tabbed navigation to replace the left-side navigation across the entire site.
- A new About us page to explain the purpose and content of the Family Law website.
September 2009
- One new frequently asked question:
- One new frequently asked question:
- One new link to the Family Mediation Canada website added to the "Legal help" section of the Links page.
- One new publication:
- Benefits and Services for Seniors (in simplified Chinese)
- One new What's new in family law item:
- One new link to the Supreme Court Scheduling page added to:
- the "Legal system & courts" section of the Links page
- each of the relevant Supreme Court self-help guides
- the Judicial Case Conferences in Supreme Court fact sheet
August 2009
- One new fact sheet:
- A new note about Mediator Roster Society mediation services for people in rural areas added to the Mediators Who can help page.
July 2009
- One new What's new in family law item:
June 2009
- A new section on the Using this site page:
- One new frequently asked question:
- One revised self-help guide:
May 2009
- One revised publication:
- Benefits and Services for Seniors (in Farsi and traditional Chinese)
- One new frequently asked question:
- One new fact sheet:
- One new fact sheet:
April 2009
- One new link to Clicklaw added to "Legal research" section of the Links page
- One new link to the Provincial Court (Child, Family and Community Service Act) Rules added on the Legislation/court rules page and in the legislation section of the "Child protection/removal" page
- One new frequently asked question about separation agreements:
- One revised fact sheet:
- One new frequently asked question about child support:
- One new publication:
- Six new frequently asked questions about marriage, divorce, and annulment:
- I was married in another country. Is that marriage valid here?
- I was married overseas. Can I divorce here?
- We were married in BC. Do we have to divorce in BC?
- Is a divorce from another country valid in BC?
- If I got an annulment in another country, is it valid in BC?
- My divorce was started in BC, but I live overseas. How do I know if I am officially divorced?
- Two revised Who can help pages:
- Mediators
- LawLINE
- One new fact sheet:
- One new fact sheet:
- New links to the parts of the Family Relations Act that deal with how to make agreements enforceable as court orders (sections 121 and 122) added under "Custody & access," "Divorce & separation," "Support — child," and "Support — spousal" on the Legislation/court rules page, and to the legislation sections of the "Custody & access," "Divorce & separation," "Support — child," and "Support — spousal" pages
- One revised and updated fact sheet:
March 2009
- One new publication:
- An update insert for When I'm 64: A Guide to Benefits and Services for People Aged 60 and over
- One new What's new in family law item:
- Improvements to the navigation on the Fact sheets page
- One new publication:
February 2009
- New RSS feeds for What's new on the Family Law website and What's new in family law
- One new PDF self-help guide:
- How to serve documents and complete an Affidavit of Service for a BC (Canada) Supreme Court family law process (in Chinese [simplified])
- Improvements to the navigation on the "Your legal issue," "Your community," and "Links" pages (see Divorce & separation for an example)
January 2009
- One new What's new in family law item:
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On the left side of the screen, a new "Your language" section that links to new multilingual resource pages (one for each language)
December 2008
- A new multimedia presentation: Choosing a court
- Refined search options
November 2008
- One new fact sheet:
- Two new frequently asked questions:
October 2008
- One new PDF self-help guide:
- Three new publications for Aboriginal people about child protection/removal:
- Understanding Aboriginal Community and Parents' Rights
- Understanding Court Orders and Hearings
-
Understanding Kith and Kin Care Agreements
September 2008
- A reorganized frequently asked questions section
- A new video clip:
- An Inside Look at Family Mediation (excerpted from a longer video produced by the Continuing Legal Education Society of BC)
- A new self-help guide:
August 2008
- Improved introductory pages for the divorce self-help guides
- A new Spanish video page, with descriptions in Spanish and English
- A link to the new Spanish video page from the slide show on the home page
- One new PDF self-help guide:
July 2008
- Three new PDF self-help guides:
- "How to serve documents and complete an Affidavit of Service for a BC (Canada) Supreme Court family law process" (in Chinese [traditional], Tagalog, and Vietnamese)
- A revised publications section, driven by a new database that allows us to present the list of multilingual titles in the relevant languages
June 2008
- One new What's new in family law item:
May 2008
- One new fact sheet:
- One new Who can help? page:
- Three new PDF self-help guides:
- Three new English video transcripts:
- one for Ruptura del Contrato de Esponsoramiento (Sponsorship Breakdown — Spanish)
- one for Haga Su Propio Divorcio (Do Your Own Divorce — Spanish)
- one for Solicitudes Internas de Esponsoramiento (Inland Sponsoring Applications — Spanish)
April 2008
- A new link to Shelternet
- One new publication:
- Benefits and Services for Seniors (in English, Punjabi, and Tagalog)
- One new What's new in family law item:
- March 2008: Draft revised Supreme Court Rules (family) now available online for review and feedback
March 2008
- One new audio clip:
- "Do You Need to Go to Provincial (Family) Court or Supreme Court?"
- One revised publication:
- For Your Protection: Peace Bonds and Restraining Orders (in Chinese, English, and Punjabi)
- One new video clip:
- Solicitudes Internas de Esponsoramiento (Inland Spousal Sponsorship — Spanish)
February 2008
- Three new video clips:
- Choosing a Court
- Haga Su Propio Divorcio (Do Your Own Divorce — Spanish)
- Ruptura del Contrato de Esponsoramiento (Sponsorship Breakdown — Spanish)
- Seven new fact sheets:
- "Can you get custody of your younger brother or sister?"
- "If your parents separate, can you decide which parent you want to live with?"
- "Family Case Conferences in Provincial Court"
- "Can you sue your parents for support?"
- "Costs"
- "Do you need your parents' permission to see a doctor?"
- "When does child support end?"
- Two new frequently asked questions:
- "Can I get a divorce if we have been separated for less than a year?"
- "What are costs?"
January 2008
- One new self-help guide:
- "How to serve documents and complete an Affidavit of Service for a BC (Canada) Supreme Court family law process"
- One new fact sheet:
- "Getting legal aid if your children are (or may be) taken away"
- A link to the new legal aid public service announcement from the home page
- Under "Your community," "Seniors" changed to "Grandparents/relatives" and page revised accordingly
November 2007
- A link to the new legal aid public service announcement from the legal aid page
- Two new features/images on the home page that link to:
- the Family duty counsel page
- The Aboriginal people page
- Two new video transcripts:
- one for Making Your Case
- one for ¿Quién Puede Ayudarle? (Spanish version of Let's Look at Who Can Help?)
- One new fact sheet:
- "Benefits for grandparents and other relatives raising children"
October 2007
- Six new transcripts:
- one for the audio clip about changes to the Family Relations Act
- two for the Selected Topics in Family Law videos
- one for If You Need Help
- one for Let's Look at Who Can Help
- one for Family Matters in Supreme Court
- Six new definitions (attorn, costs, interjurisdictional, jurisdiction, reciprocal agreement, and substituted/substitutional service)
- One new frequently asked question about interjurisdictional issues (if one party lives outside BC)
- One new fact sheet:
- "What if one party lives outside BC? (interjurisdictional issues)"
- A new What's new in family law item:
- November 1, 2007: New mediation pilot project for people with family law cases in Nanaimo Supreme Court
September 2007
- One revised and three new fact sheets:
- "Aboriginal people and family law issues"
- "What an advocate can do for you"
- "Judicial Case Conferences in Supreme Court"
- A new section about the 40 percent principle (for child support/custody issues) added to "Child support.
- Five new frequently asked questions and answers about abuse
- Instructions for filling out Supreme Court forms (links to instructions for filling out each of the court forms on our Court forms page).
- Two new Who can help? pages:
- Family Maintenance Enforcement Program
- Transition houses
August 2007
- A new link to BC Association of Community Response Networks
- One revised publication:
- Parents' Rights, Kids' Rights (plus a print-friendly flow chart of the child protection process)
- Two new video clips:
- Selected Topics in Family Law#1: Affidavit of Service
- Selected Topics in Family Law #2: Needed for Divorce: Your Marriage Certificate
- An audio clip about changes to the Family Relations Act being considered by the Ministry of Attorney General
July 2007
- A new self-help guide:
- "How to use a Supreme Court Notice of Intention to Proceed"
- One revised and five new fact sheets:
- Printable checklists (PDF and Word) linked from a revised version of "How to work well with a lawyer"
- "Debts and common-law relationships"
- "Filling out court forms — Who can help"
- "If your common-law partner dies"
- "Property issues and common-law relationships"
- "What to take with you if you leave your relationship"
- A definition of family law to introduce the Links page and a new link to Ministry of Community Services — Seniors (from the "Seniors" page)
- In What's new in family law, an update about changes to the Family Relations Act being considered by the Ministry of Attorney General
June 2007
- New links to:
- Canadian Legal Information Institute (CANLII)
- Family Relations Act review discussion papers published by the Ministry of Attorney General
- Ministry of Children and Family Development — Child Abuse Prevention
- Representative for Children and Youth
May 2007
- A new Youth page under "Your community"
- Two new fact sheets:
- "Parenting After Separation courses"
- "Why see a lawyer about your court-ordered plan of care?"
- New links to:
- Department of Justice Canada — Support Enforcement
- JP Boyd's spousal support calculator (from the "Support — spousal" page)
- Ministry of Children and Family Development — Adoption
- A new video clip: ¿Quién Puede Ayudarle? — a Spanish version of Let's Look at Who Can Help
March 2007
- One new fact sheet: "Swearing an Affidavit — Who can do it"
- Seven new frequently asked questions about court forms and two new and one revised question about divorce & separation
- A new link to the Nanaimo Family Justice Services Centre website
- Three new publications:
- Benefits and Services for Seniors (in Chinese, English, French, and Spanish)
- Living Together, Living Apart (replaces If Your Marriage Breaks Up and Living Common-Law)
- Parents' Rights, Kids' Rights
February 2007
- A new link to the Law Courts Education Society — Family Law and You: Representing Yourself in BC Supreme Court video
January 2007
- A new Who can help? page: VictimLINK