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You might want to know about your own family law issue, or you might be helping someone deal with their family law issue. Either way, this is for you. In this wikibook, we — [[JP Boyd|John-Paul Boyd]] and the team of experienced family lawyers who serve as editors — guide you through family law in British Columbia as if we were talking to you. | You might want to know about your own family law issue, or you might be helping someone deal with their family law issue. Either way, this is for you. In this wikibook, we — [[JP Boyd|John-Paul Boyd]] and the team of experienced family lawyers who serve as editors — guide you through family law in British Columbia as if we were talking to you. | ||
For over a decade British Columbians used John-Paul Boyd's BC Family Law Resource website as their go-to place for family law information. John-Paul | For over a decade British Columbians used John-Paul Boyd's BC Family Law Resource website as their go-to place for family law information. John-Paul tried not to assume you would know about legal language and legal processes. He talked like an ordinary person. He explained legal terms and gave you tips on how to do things. This wikibook tries to do the same thing. | ||
It is divided into chapters about the major areas of family law. In each chapter you will find an overview, then additional sections that give you more detailed information. Each chapter makes sense by itself. You won't have to go hunting for information in other chapters. | It is divided into chapters about the major areas of family law. In each chapter you will find an overview, then additional sections that give you more detailed information. Each chapter makes sense by itself. You won't have to go hunting for information in other chapters. | ||
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You might be reading this text in the online wikibook ''[[JP Boyd on Family Law]]'', in an offline version in PDF format, or in a thick, bound, printed book. We produced this as a wikibook so that free family law information can reach more people. Family law issues touch the lives of a lot of British Columbians, and when you're dealing with these issues, you need all the help and support you can get. | You might be reading this text in the online wikibook ''[[JP Boyd on Family Law]]'', in an offline version in PDF format, or in a thick, bound, printed book. We produced this as a wikibook so that free family law information can reach more people. Family law issues touch the lives of a lot of British Columbians, and when you're dealing with these issues, you need all the help and support you can get. | ||
Clicklaw Wikibooks | Clicklaw Wikibooks teamed up with [[JP Boyd|John-Paul Boyd]] in 2012, when he was still practicing law in Vancouver, to turn his popular family law website, www.bcfamilylawresource.com, into this new Clicklaw Wikibook title, ''JP Boyd on Family Law''. The migration of John-Paul's website into this new format preserves the accessibility, scope and tone of the original, which provided free family law information to more than 27,000 British Columbians a month and had been published for more than a decade. | ||
As a wikibook, ''JP Boyd on Family Law'' continues John-Paul's commitment to explaining the legal system and providing free, plain language information on family law and divorce law, court processes and other family law dispute resolution mechanisms, while harnessing the versatility and strength of [http://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki], the same open-source wiki platform that powers Wikipedia. | As a wikibook, ''JP Boyd on Family Law'' continues John-Paul's commitment to explaining the legal system and providing free, plain language information on family law and divorce law, court processes and other family law dispute resolution mechanisms, while harnessing the versatility and strength of [http://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki], the same open-source wiki platform that powers Wikipedia. | ||
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==A collaborative, community resource== | ==A collaborative, community resource== | ||
John-Paul Boyd continues at the helm of ''[[JP Boyd on Family Law]]'' and is joined by an editorial team of experienced family law lawyers who are committed to delivering comprehensive, useful and easy to understand family law information. The editorial team represents an enriching diversity of opinion, knowledge and perspective, while the Clicklaw Wikibook's platform enables them to respond to changes in the law quickly. The term ''wiki'' actually means "fast" or "quick" in Hawaiian, so the idea is that updates will immediately be available to readers at [[Main Page|wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca]]. | John-Paul Boyd continues at the helm of ''[[JP Boyd on Family Law]]'' and is joined by an [[:Category:JP Boyd on Family Law Contributors | editorial team]] of experienced family law lawyers who are committed to delivering comprehensive, useful and easy to understand family law information. The editorial team represents an enriching diversity of opinion, knowledge and perspective, while the Clicklaw Wikibook's platform enables them to respond to changes in the law quickly. The term ''wiki'' actually means "fast" or "quick" in Hawaiian, so the idea is that updates will immediately be available to readers at [[Main Page|wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca]]. | ||
John-Paul and the wikibook's editorial team are | John-Paul and the wikibook's editorial team are supported by the broader [[:Category:Clicklaw Wikibooks Advisory Committee| Clicklaw Wikibooks Advisory Committee]], composed of lawyers, public and legal library representatives, and educators. | ||
==Clicklaw Wikibooks== | ==Clicklaw Wikibooks== | ||