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If you and the other parent of your children have separated, you need to make decisions about who <span class="noglossary">will</span> have | If you and the other parent of your children have separated, you need to make decisions about who <span class="noglossary">will</span> have ''parental responsibility'' for the children, which includes things like: | ||
*making day-to-day decisions affecting the children, | *making day-to-day decisions affecting the children, | ||
*having day-to-day care of the children, | *having day-to-day care of the children, | ||
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#Ensure that you and your children are safe. This may mean leaving the family home for awhile and staying with friends or staying in a transition house. Look in the Yellow Pages under "Crisis Centres", or contact [[VictimLINK]]. The local police station can also give you information about transition houses and other victim services. | #Ensure that you and your children are safe. This may mean leaving the family home for awhile and staying with friends or staying in a transition house. Look in the Yellow Pages under "Crisis Centres", or contact [[VictimLINK]]. The local police station can also give you information about transition houses and other victim services. | ||
#If you need a lawyer but cannot afford one on your own, see if you qualify for [[Legal Aid Representation|legal aid representation]]. If you qualify, the Legal Services Society <span class="noglossary">will</span> appoint a lawyer to advise you and represent you in court. <br /> If you don't qualify for legal aid representation, or if you think you can resolve your issues through mediation, you may wish to contact a [[Family Justice Centres|Family Justice Centre]]. Counsellors at Family Justice Centres can provide information, mediation and assistance with applications involving guardianship, parenting time, and support in Family Court. However, they have no jurisdiction to help with divorce or division of family property and debts. | #If you need a lawyer but cannot afford one on your own, see if you qualify for [[Legal Aid Representation|legal aid representation]]. If you qualify, the Legal Services Society <span class="noglossary">will</span> appoint a lawyer to advise you and represent you in court. <br /> If you don't qualify for legal aid representation, or if you think you can resolve your issues through mediation, you may wish to contact a [[Family Justice Centres|Family Justice Centre]]. Counsellors at Family Justice Centres can provide information, mediation and assistance with applications involving guardianship, parenting time, and support in Family Court. However, they have no jurisdiction to help with divorce or division of family property and debts. | ||
#If you want to apply for guardianship, parenting time, or support in Family Court, complete an [http://www.ag.gov.bc.ca/courts/forms/pfa/pfa003.pdf | #If you want to apply for guardianship, parenting time, or support in Family Court, complete an [http://www.ag.gov.bc.ca/courts/forms/pfa/pfa003.pdf Application to Obtain an Order]. Family Court forms and self-help information are available online at the [[Family Law in BC]] website. Click on the shortcut "Self-help guides", scroll down to "Family orders" and click on the appropriate link. If you do not feel it is safe to wait, you may ask the judge to make the order "without notice", meaning that the court <span class="noglossary">will</span> make its order without your ex-partner having a chance to be heard or being notified in advance that you are seeking an order. Without notice orders are always interim (short-term) and your ex-partner <span class="noglossary">will</span> eventually have a chance to speak to the judge before a final order is made. | ||
== What happens next == | == What happens next == | ||
