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==What rights do you have to be kept safe from an abusive ex-spouse?== | ==What rights do you have to be kept safe from an abusive ex-spouse?== | ||
If you or your children are being threatened by your former spouse, you can apply for a protection order under the Family Law Act and you can file a report with the police. You can get a court order saying that your spouse must stay away from you and your children. If your spouse breaks this order, he or she can face criminal charges. For more information, refer to: | If you or your children are being threatened by your former spouse, you can apply for a protection order under the ''Family Law Act'' and you can file a report with the police. You can get a court order saying that your spouse must stay away from you and your children. If your spouse breaks this order, he or she can face criminal charges. For more information, refer to: | ||
*script [[Applying for a Peace Bond and Filing Assault Charges (Script 217)|217]] on “Applying for a Peace Bond and Filing Assault Charges” | *script [[Applying for a Peace Bond and Filing Assault Charges (Script 217)|217]] on “Applying for a Peace Bond and Filing Assault Charges” | ||
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==Where can you get help or more information?== | ==Where can you get help or more information?== | ||
*Family Justice Counsellors in Family Justice Centres throughout BC can help you with custody, child support, and related issues. Their services are free. Call 604.660.2421 in the lower mainland, 250.387.6121 in Greater Victoria, or toll-free 1.800.663.7867 elsewhere in BC, and ask to speak with a Family Justice Counsellor in the Family Justice Centre nearest you. | *Family Justice Counsellors in Family Justice Centres throughout BC can help you with custody, child support, and related issues. Their services are free. Call 604.660.2421 in the lower mainland, 250.387.6121 in Greater Victoria, or toll-free 1.800.663.7867 elsewhere in BC, and ask to speak with a Family Justice Counsellor in the Family Justice Centre nearest you. | ||
*Also see the Family Justice website at www.ag.gov.bc.ca/family-justice. | |||
*Read the booklet | *Also see the Family Justice website at [http://www.ag.gov.bc.ca/family-justice www.ag.gov.bc.ca/family-justice]. | ||
*Read the booklet “[http://www.legalaid.bc.ca/publications/pub.php?pub=347 Living Together or Living Apart: Common-law Relationships, Marriage, Separation, and Divorce]” by the Legal Services Society. BC and available free on their website at [http://www.legalaid.bc.ca www.legalaid.bc.ca]. To find it, click “Our publications”, then under “I want to find a publication by subject” click “Family law”. | |||
*Also see the Legal Services Society’s Family Law in BC website at [http://www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca] — under “Your legal issue,” click “[http://www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca/legal_issues/commonLaw.aspx Common-law relationships]”. | *Also see the Legal Services Society’s Family Law in BC website at [http://www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca] — under “Your legal issue,” click “[http://www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca/legal_issues/commonLaw.aspx Common-law relationships]”. | ||
*Visit the wikibook JP Boyd on Family Law, hosted by Courthouse Libraries BC | |||
*Visit the wikibook [JP Boyd on Family Law|JP Boyd on Family Law], hosted by Courthouse Libraries BC. | |||
