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*the applicant's involvement with other court proceedings involving children under the ''Family Law Act'', the old ''Family Relations Act'', the ''[http://canlii.ca/t/51znt Child, Family and Community Service Act]'', and the ''[[Divorce Act]]''. | *the applicant's involvement with other court proceedings involving children under the ''Family Law Act'', the old ''Family Relations Act'', the ''[http://canlii.ca/t/51znt Child, Family and Community Service Act]'', and the ''[[Divorce Act]]''. | ||
Rule 18.1 also requires that the applicant attach | Rule 18.1 also requires that the applicant attach the following to the affidavit: | ||
#a criminal records check, | #a criminal records check, | ||
#a British Columbia Ministry of Children and Family Development records check (''MCFD records check''), and | #a British Columbia Ministry of Children and Family Development records check (''MCFD records check''), and | ||
#a Protection Order Registry protection order records check (''Protection Order Registry records check''. | #a Protection Order Registry protection order records check (''Protection Order Registry records check''. | ||
These need to be dated within 60 days of the filing of the affidavit. | These records checks are added as exhibits to the affidavit. The records checks need to be dated within 60 days of the filing of the affidavit in Provincial Court. | ||
For Supreme Court, Rule 15-2.1 of the [http://canlii.ca/t/8mcr Supreme Court Family Rules] says much the same thing, and also requires a special affidavit with the same three exhibits. [[Form F101 Affidavit - Section 51 | Form F101]] must be sworn not more than 28 days before a hearing where people will present arguments, or not more than seven days before filing if there will not be a hearing. The records checks must be dated no more than 60 days before the date of the hearing. | For Supreme Court, Rule 15-2.1 of the [http://canlii.ca/t/8mcr Supreme Court Family Rules] says much the same thing, and also requires a special affidavit with the same three records checks added as exhibits. [[Form F101 Affidavit - Section 51 | Form F101]] must be sworn not more than 28 days before a hearing where people will present arguments, or not more than seven days before filing if there will not be a hearing. The records checks must be dated no more than 60 days before the date of the hearing. | ||
To obtain a criminal record check the applicant must attend at their local police station. | To obtain a criminal record check the applicant must attend at their local police station. | ||