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*This site has general information on family law, including self-help materials, forms a client needs to file for an uncontested divorce, and step-by-step instructions for filling out the forms. It also houses web versions of Legal Services Society family law publications. ''[http://www.lss.bc.ca/publications/pub.php?pub=347 Living Together, Living Apart: Common-Law Relationships, Marriage, Separation and Divorce]'' is very useful. This publication is available in English, French, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Punjabi, and Spanish.
*This site has general information on family law, including self-help materials, forms a client needs to file for an uncontested divorce, and step-by-step instructions for filling out the forms. It also houses web versions of Legal Services Society family law publications. ''[http://www.lss.bc.ca/publications/pub.php?pub=347 Living Together, Living Apart: Common-Law Relationships, Marriage, Separation and Divorce]'' is very useful. This publication is available in English, French, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Punjabi, and Spanish.
=== 6. British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency ===
Website: http://www.vs.gov.bc.ca
*The Vital Statistics Agency is a service provided by the provincial Ministry of Health Services. The web site includes information on birth and death registration and certificates. It also includes wills notice registration and searches, information on how to change your name, and information on marriage licences. Contact numbers are available for various services including adoption records information. Marriage certificates can also be ordered online.
=== 7. Ministry of Attorney General ===
Website: http://www.ag.gov.bc.ca/family-justice
*This site provides general information about a number of issues of interest to BC couples who have separated or who are about to separate. It may also be useful for guardians and other family members, such as grandparents, who may be involved in making important decisions about the family and its future.
=== 8. Department of Justice Canada ===
About Spousal Support/Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines: http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/fl-df/spousal-epoux/ssag-ldfpae.html
About Child Support/Federal Child Support Guidelines, P.C. 1997-469: http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/fl-lf/child-enfant/guide/sbs-eng.pdf
=== 9. Support Calculator ===
Website: http://www.mysupportcalculator.ca/
*People can use this website to calculate how much child support and spousal support they have to pay under the guidelines.
=== 10. British Columbia Supreme Court ===
Website: http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/supreme_court
*Procedural guidelines for divorce proceedings can be found on this website. 
=== 11. Divorce Registry of Canada ===
Website: http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/fl-df/divorce/crdp-bead.html
Telephone: (613) 957-4519
*The registry is relevant as you need to fill in and print out a form and file it with the Court when you are seeking a divorce. This is required so that the Divorce Registry can confirm that you have not already been divorced.
=== 12. MOSAIC ===
Website: htttp://www.mosaicbc.com
Telephone: (604) 254-0244
*Deals with issues that affect immigrants and refugees while settling into Canadian society. They also offer translation services.
=== 13. Interjurisdictional Support Orders ===
Web site: http://www.isoforms.bc.ca
*Interjurisdictional Support Orders (ISOs) can be obtained from other Canadian provinces and territories and from reciprocating foreign countries by following the procedure set out in the ''Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act'', SBC 2002, Chapter 29.
=== 14. Children and Travel ===
Website: http://travel.gc.ca/travelling/publications/travelling-with-children     
=== 15. Family Mediation Practicum Project ===
Website: http://www.ag.gov.bc.ca/dro/family-mediation/index.htm
Telephone: (604) 516-0788
*Provides free and/or affordable mediation services for various family disputes.
=== 16. Collaborative Divorce ===
Website: http://www.collaborativepractice.com
Website: http://www.collaborativedivorcebc.org (Vancouver)
Website: http://www.nocourt.net (Lower Mainland) 
Website: http://www.bccollaborativerostersociety.com
*These sites provide information about Collaborative Divorce, an option for parties wishing to resolve disputes respectfully and without going to Court. Parties work out a negotiated settlement with the help of collaboratively trained professionals including (as needed) lawyers, divorce coaches, child specialists and financial specialists.
=== 17. Clicklaw ===
Website: http://www.clicklaw.bc.ca
*Described as a “portal-project”, Clicklaw is a website aimed at enhancing access to justice in British Columbia by helping users to sort through the myriad of legal information and assistance that is available and find the most appropriate resources for a given situation. *Visitors are directed to user-friendly resources designed for the public by contributor organizations (including the Community Legal Assistance Society and LSLAP).
=== 18. The Law Society of British Columbia - Family Law Mediators ===
Website: www.lawsociety.bc.ca/page.cfm?cid=1476&t=Family-Law-Mediators
*The Law Society offers accreditation for those who wish to become family law mediators. Those who become accredited are able to help people reach a consensual settlement regarding issues relating to their marriage, cohabitation, separation or divorce. The website provides a list of lawyers who have been accredited, and what area of BC they practice in.
=== 19. BC Hear the Child Society ===
Website: http://www.hearthechild.ca
*This society provides a provincial roster of qualified child interviewers who work in the legal and mental health fields. 
== D. Resources by Telephone ==
=== 1. Family Justice Centres ===
Family Justice Centres assist families going through a separation with issues of child custody and access, and spousal support as well as child support issues. Family justice counsellors provide dispute resolution services, and make referrals to legal aid, other legal services, and community resources for families facing separation.
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=== 2. Provincial Court Vancouver Registry ===
Family Court Registry: (604) 660-8989
=== 3. Provincial Court Vancouver Family Duty Counsel Service ===
Telephone: (604) 660-1508
*Duty counsel is also available in other cities, contact Legal Services Society for a current list
*Legal Services Society telephone: (604) 601-6000 
=== 4. Supreme Court Vancouver Registry ===
Main switchboard: (604) 660-2847
Family Law Registry: (604) 660-2844
Vancouver Family Inquiry: (604) 660-2486
Courthouse Library: (604) 660-2841
=== 5. Supreme Court New Westminster Registry ===
Registry: (604) 660-8522
Divorce: (604) 775-0672
Courthouse Library: (604) 660-8577
Family Law Counter: (604) 660-8507
== E. Relevant Legislation ==
=== 1. Divorce Act, RSC 1985, c 3 [DA] ===
This is the federal legislation that provides for both divorce law and the determination of corollary relief (support, custody, and access). Support orders under the Act have effect throughout Canada. All actions under the ''Divorce Act'' are heard in BC Supreme Court except those  applications pursuant to Rule 18-3 of the ''Supreme Court Family Rules'', which allows such actions to be heard in certain Provincial Courts.
NOTE: The ''DA'' does not provide for division of matrimonial assets. A person has to seek division of matrimonial assets under the ''Family Law Act''.
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