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* [[Resolving Problems in Court]], in particular the sections on [[Starting a Court Proceeding in a Family Matter]], [[Replying to a Court Proceeding in a Family Matter]], and [[Interim Applications in Family Matters]] | * [[Resolving Problems in Court]], in particular the sections on [[Starting a Court Proceeding in a Family Matter]], [[Replying to a Court Proceeding in a Family Matter]], and [[Interim Applications in Family Matters]] | ||
==The law== | ==The basic law== | ||
There are two kinds of law: laws made by the governments, called ''legislation'', ''statutes'', ''acts'' and ''regulations''; and, laws made by the courts. Laws made by the courts are known as the ''common law'', ''precedent decisions'' or ''case law''. They come from the different proceedings that the courts have heard over hundreds of years, and the decisions the courts have made in those different proceedings. | There are two kinds of law: laws made by the governments, called ''legislation'', ''statutes'', ''acts'' and ''regulations''; and, laws made by the courts. Laws made by the courts are known as the ''common law'', ''precedent decisions'' or ''case law''. They come from the different proceedings that the courts have heard over hundreds of years, and the decisions the courts have made in those different proceedings. | ||
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*[[Property & Debt in Family Law Matters]] | *[[Property & Debt in Family Law Matters]] | ||
==Separation and divorce== | ===Separation and divorce=== | ||
You don't need a legal document to separate, and you don't need to see a lawyer or a judge to separate. You just leave the relationship or announce that it's over and then behave like it's over. There is no such thing as a ''legal separation'' in British Columbia. | You don't need a legal document to separate, and you don't need to see a lawyer or a judge to separate. You just leave the relationship or announce that it's over and then behave like it's over. There is no such thing as a ''legal separation'' in British Columbia. | ||
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==Family law agreements== | ==Family law agreements== | ||
A family law agreement is a contract, like the contract you might have with your landlord or your employer, or the contract you might sign if you lease a car. | A family law agreement is a contract, like the contract you might have with your landlord or your employer, or the contract you might sign if you lease a car. Family law agreements are used to record a couple's agreement on legal issues that they're dealing with when they make the agreement, or may have to deal with at some point in the future. | ||
There are three kinds of agreement a couple can make about family law issues: | There are three kinds of agreement a couple can make about family law issues: | ||
