JP Boyd on Family Law — Helpful Guides and Common Questions
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This section of JP Boyd on Family Law explains common processes and procedures related to family law in British Columbia, from separating from your spouse to addressing the judge in court, and answers common questions about family law issues, such as how to find out if you're divorced and how to avoid paying child support.
The answers and explanations in this section are, of course, only general guides. For most problems, more detailed information can be found in the different chapters of this wikibook. The advice and assistance of a lawyer is always recommended, even if you're just hiring the lawyer to answer a few questions.
Helpful Guides & Common Questions
Marriage, Separation & Divorce
- Get Married in British Columbia? · Prepare for Separation? · Separate from My Spouse? · Find Out if I'm Divorced? · Get Divorced? · Get my Certificate of Divorce?
Avoiding an Obligation
- Get Out of Paying Child Support? · Get Out of Paying Spousal Support? · Get Out of Sharing My Assets?
Alternatives to Court
- Start Negotiations with My Spouse? · Start Mediation with My Spouse? · Start a Collaborative Process with My Spouse? · Start Arbitration with My Spouse? · Hire a Parenting Coordinator?
Family Law Agreements
Starting an Action
- Find My Ex? · Start an Action in the Provincial Court? · Start an Action in the Supreme Court? · Apply to Waive Fees in the Supreme Court? · Personally Serve Someone with Legal Documents? · Substitutionally Serve Someone with Legal Documents? · Change Something in My Notice of Family Claim? · Stop an Action in the Supreme Court?
Defending an Action
- Respond to an Action in the Provincial Court? · Respond to an Action in the Supreme Court? · Apply to Waive Fees in the Supreme Court? · Change Something in My Response to Family Claim or Counterclaim? · Stop Defending an Action in the Supreme Court?
Interim Applications
- Make a Priority Parenting Matter Application in the Provincial Court? · Make an Interim Application in the Supreme Court? · Reply to a Priority Parenting Matter Application in the Provincial Court? · Reply to an Interim Application in the Supreme Court?
Affidavits
- Prepare an Affidavit? · Prepare a Supplemental Affidavit? · Fix an Error in an Affidavit or Add to an Affidavit?
Courtroom Protocol
- Address the Judge? · Address the Lawyer When I'm Representing Myself? · Conduct Myself in Court at an Application?
Appealing a Decision
- Appeal a Provincial Court Decision? · Appeal an Interim Supreme Court Decision? · Appeal a Final Supreme Court Decision? · Appeal a Court of Appeal Decision?
Other Litigation Issues
- Schedule a Family Management Conference? · Schedule a Judicial Case Conference? · Arrange a Needs of the Child Assessment? · Get a Report about a Child's Views? · Find an Order or Another Court Document? · Fix an Error in an Order? · Tell Everyone That I'm Representing Myself? · Change My Address for Service?