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''''''Welcome to JP Boyd on Family Law'''

'''You may be someone who wants to know more about a family law issue, or you may be helping someone deal with their family law issue.

Either way, this is for you.

In this material, JP Boyd, a Vancouver lawyer, guides you through BC's family law matters as if he was talking to you. 

He doesn't assume you know about legal language and legal processes. He talks like an ordinary person, and explains the legal terms. He also gives you tips on how to do things.

The information is divided by family law topic. For each topic, you will find an overview, then sections that give you more detailed information.

The best place to start is right here in Getting Started, with the [[Basics of Family Law]]. That gives you the big picture. 

After that, you'll want to move on to topics that interests you the most.

Let us know what you think of this material - we want to keep revising it to make sure it meets your needs.

- Editorial team, for JP Boyd on Family Law'''



Clicklaw Wikibooks has teamed up with Vancouver lawyer [[JP Boyd|John-Paul Boyd]] to turn his popular family law website, www.bcfamilylawresource.com, into this new Clicklaw Wikibook title, ''[[JP Boyd on Family Law]]''. The migration of John-Paul's website into this new format preserves the accessibility, scope and tone of the original, which provided free family law information to more than 27,000 British Columbians a month and had been published for more than a decade. As a wikibook, ''[[JP Boyd on Family Law]]'' continues John-Paul's commitment to explaining the legal system and providing free, plain language information on family law and divorce law, court processes and other family law dispute resolution mechanisms, while harnessing the versatility and strength of [http://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki], the same open-source wiki platform that powers Wikipedia. 

The clean page layout of the wikibook provides a familiar user experience, and the search functionality enables fulltext searching over the entire wikibook and others on Clicklaw Wikibooks. The wiki platform's ''book creator'' function allows libraries and individual readers to print as little or as much of the wikibook as they want, in convenient, user-friendly PDF or book formats that expand the reach of this resource to benefit British Columbians online and off. 

==A collaborative, community resource==

John-Paul Boyd continues at the helm of ''[[JP Boyd on Family Law]]'' and is now joined by an editorial team of experienced family law lawyers who are committed to delivering comprehensive, useful and easy to understand family law information. The editorial team represents an enriching diversity of opinion, knowledge and perspective, while the Clicklaw Wikibook's platform enables them to respond to changes in the law quickly. The term ''wiki'' actually means "fast" or "quick" in Hawaiian, so the idea is that updates will immediately be available to readers at [[Main Page|wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca]].

John-Paul and the wikibook's editorial team are guided and assisted by [[:Category:JP Boyd on Family Law Contributors|an advisory committee]] composed of family law lawyers, public and legal library representatives, and educators.

==Clicklaw Wikibooks==

Transitioning John-Paul's resource to a wiki format enables a highly accessible experience both online and in print. You might be reading this page on a laptop in a coffee shop, or you could be flipping through this book at a public library. Both digital and print formats are made possible by the technology that powers Clicklaw Wikibooks, and helps provide legal information for the public and improve the legal collections of public libraries in British Columbia.

If you are interested in contributing as a writer, commentator or as a member of the editorial team, or have any feedback or other remarks about this wikibook, please contact [mailto:editor@clicklaw.bc.ca editor@clicklaw.bc.ca].

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