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Lawyers often write family law agreements in a standard format using standard terms, tailored, of course, to the specific needs and circumstances of the parties. Just because family law agreements are often written using standard terms and standard language doesn't mean that an agreement using different wording will be set aside because it expresses things in a different way. As long as it is clear what the intentions of the parties are and as long as the agreement is fair and continues to be fair, the courts will usually uphold the agreement. | Lawyers often write family law agreements in a standard format using standard terms, tailored, of course, to the specific needs and circumstances of the parties. Just because family law agreements are often written using standard terms and standard language doesn't mean that an agreement using different wording will be set aside because it expresses things in a different way. As long as it is clear what the intentions of the parties are and as long as the agreement is fair and continues to be fair, the courts will usually uphold the agreement. | ||
A British Columbia company called Self-Counsel Press publishes a variety of do-it-yourself agreement kits along with instructions for completing and executing them, or you might try [http://www.lawdepot.com LawDepot.com], an American company which says that it has family law agreement kits suitable for British Columbia. | A British Columbia company called Self-Counsel Press publishes a variety of do-it-yourself agreement kits along with <span class="noglossary">instructions</span> for completing and executing them, or you might try [http://www.lawdepot.com LawDepot.com], an American company which says that it has family law agreement kits suitable for British Columbia. | ||
There are still other resources available for free which might help, and your library may have a copy of the Self-Counsel Press materials available for loan. Guides to drafting family law agreements will also be available at through a branch of [http://www.courthouselibrary.ca/about/libraries.aspx Courthouse Libraries BC]; one of the very best is the ''[http://abl.bccls.bc.ca/?hreciid=|library/marc/dynix-bccls|11767 Family Law Agreements Manual]'' published by the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia. | There are still other resources available for free which might help, and your library may have a copy of the Self-Counsel Press materials available for loan. Guides to drafting family law agreements will also be available at through a branch of [http://www.courthouselibrary.ca/about/libraries.aspx Courthouse Libraries BC]; one of the very best is the ''[http://abl.bccls.bc.ca/?hreciid=|library/marc/dynix-bccls|11767 Family Law Agreements Manual]'' published by the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia. | ||