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JP Boyd on Family Law — Helpful Guides and Common Questions
...ting 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 ...'re just hiring the lawyer to answer a few questions.

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JP Boyd on Family Law — How Do I?
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JP Boyd on Family Law
...Helpful Guides & Common Questions]] section for answers to many procedural questions. ...{·}} [[Introduction to Family Law in British Columbia]]{{·}} [[Terminology|Common Legal Words and Phrases]]{{·}} [[The Legislation on Family Law]]{{·}} [[D

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How Do I Reply to a Priority Parenting Matter Application in the Provincial Court?
...ne. See the [https://family.legalaid.bc.ca/forms/provincial Legal Aid BC's helpful list of Provincial Court forms]. Also, you should look into the relatively ...ion in the Provincial Court?]], which is another Helpful Guides and Common Questions page in this section. That page explains what an applicant needs to think a

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How Do I Address the Lawyer When I'm Representing Myself?
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JP Boyd on Family Law — Helpful Guides and Common Questions
...ting 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 ...'re just hiring the lawyer to answer a few questions.

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How Do I Stop Defending a Family Law Action in the Supreme Court?
The forms are available online; see Legal Aid BC’s helpful Family Law website, which has a [https://family.legalaid.bc.ca/forms/suprem [[Category:Helpful Guides & Common Questions?|S]]

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How Do I Stop a Family Law Action in the Supreme Court?
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How Do I Find Out if I'm Divorced?
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How Do I Tell Everyone That I'm Representing Myself?
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Recommended Secondary Resources
...Legal Help for British Columbians, which provides first steps for over 40 common legal problems. ...Family law - Terminology]. Offers JP Boyd’s plain-language definitions of common legal words and phrases in family law.

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How Do I Find Court Forms?
...clicklaw.bc.ca/content/forms flow chart] that helps you find the forms and guides you may need when going to court. ...the form, you may need to look at secondary resources such as summaries or guides that focus on the legal problem you are dealing with. See the section in th

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How Do I Hire a Parenting Coordinator?
A parenting coordinator can be helpful for families in which the parents have a history of high conflict, repetiti ...ddition, a parenting coordinator can be given authority to settle specific questions (for example, choice of school) or to resolve disputes about section 7 expe

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How Do I Make a Priority Parenting Matter Application in the Provincial Court?
...ly Law Action in the Provincial Court?]] under the Helpful Guides & Common Questions section, for more about this standard process. There are exceptions to this A common mistake people make is to apply for orders using the priority parenting mat

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How Do I Get Out of Paying Spousal Support?
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How Do I Separate from My Spouse?
...[[How Do I Prepare for Separation?]] for more information, including some helpful tips and tricks that could save you some grief down the road. [[Category:Helpful Guides & Common Questions|S]]

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How Do I Reply to an Interim Application in a Family Law Matter in the Supreme Court?
...ion the other side, the ''applicant'', intends to bring to court. The most common exceptions to this general rule are when: You can find helpful information from the Legal Aid BC's Family Law website's guide on [https://

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How Do I Respond to a Family Law Action in the Supreme Court?
...ounterclaim in Form F5. The forms are available online; see Legal Aid BC’s helpful Family Law website, which has a guide on how to respond when you are [https [[Category:Helpful Guides & Common Questions|R]]

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How Do I Change My Address for Service?
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How Do I Execute a Family Law Agreement?
The most common family law agreements are: [[Category:Helpful Guides & Common Questions|E]]

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How Do I Get Out of Paying Child Support?
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How Do I Prepare a Supplemental Affidavit?
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How Do I Divide Our CPP Pensions after We're Divorced?
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How Do I Appeal a Court of Appeal Decision?
...court's role, the rules of court, and the court's special forms. It has a helpful [https://www.scc-csc.ca/unrep-nonrep/index-eng.aspx FAQ section with resour [[Category:Helpful Guides & Common Questions|A]]

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How Do I Get my Certificate of Divorce?
*It is helpful if you have a copy of your Divorce Order, but it is not required. Providing *It is helpful if you include a copy of your Divorce Order, but not required. Providing a

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How Do I Respond to a Family Law Action in the Provincial Court?
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How Do I Change a Family Law Agreement?
The most common family law agreements are: [[Category:Helpful Guides & Common Questions|C]]

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How Do I Start Mediation with My Spouse?
It can also be helpful to give them some resources: like referring them to the [[Family Law Mediat [[Category:Helpful Guides & Common Questions|S]]

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How Do I Change Something in My Response to Family Claim or Counterclaim?
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How Do I Schedule a Family Management Conference for Hearing?
...ge is prepared to be pushy with the parties and their lawyers. It's fairly common for proceedings to settle at FMCs, and where a settlement is reached, the j [[Category:Helpful Guides & Common Questions|S]]

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How Do I Become a Lawyer?
...inductive and deductive reasoning. There are fill-in-the-blank questions, questions testing your understanding of a brief essay ...and past LSAT exams that you can test yourself on; you can also find study guides, video tutorials, and LSAT discussion forums online. Some people choose to

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How Do I Appeal an Interim Supreme Court Decision?
...t of Appeal changed in 2022, so be cautious if you're reading any books or guides that were written before July 2022 and not revised since then. [[Category:Helpful Guides & Common Questions|A]]

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How Do I Start a Family Law Action in the Supreme Court?
|link = [http://www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca/guides/mini/howToStartFamilyCaseSC/apply/index.php starting a family law action <b In less-common and specific circumstances, a family law case is started with a Petition, F

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How Do I File an Agreement in Court?
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How Do I Personally Serve Someone with Legal Documents?
|resourcetype = self-help guides for serving documents ...s/index.php in Provincial Court] and [http://www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca/guides/mini/howToServeDocsOutsideBC.php outside BC]

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How Do I Waive Filing Fees in the Supreme Court?
The Supreme Court registry usually charges fees for a whole host of common court activities, such as for filing court forms, making applications to a ...CPP benefits is usually enough. It will be helpful if you can provide copies of your income assistance statements, EI statemen

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Responding to a Court Proceeding in a Family Matter
...ction in the Supreme Court?]]. It's located in the Helpful Guides & Common Questions part of this resource. ===Quick answers for common questions===

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How Do I Get a Needs of the Child Assessment?
Needs of the child assessments can be very helpful in resolving a dispute about the care of children. The court <span class="n ...ource/4979 Understanding Section 211 Reports: A Guide for Women]" for very helpful information (in multiple languages) on how to prepare yourself for dealing

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How Do I Start a Collaborative Process with My Spouse?
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How Do I Get Divorced?
...ing-a-divorce/do-your-own-uncontested-divorce Family Law Website's helpful guides on doing your own uncontested divorce]. [[Category:Helpful Guides & Common Questions|G]]

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How Do I Change Something in My Notice of Family Claim?
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Understanding the Legal System for Family Law Matters
...hey're talking about two kinds of law: laws made by the government and the common law. ...legal rules and principles that haven't been created by a government. The common law consists of the legal principles in judges' decisions, and has been dev

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How Do I Get Out of Sharing My Assets?
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How Do I Fix an Error in an Order?
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How Do I Start a Family Law Action in the Provincial Court?
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How Do I Make an Interim Application in a Family Law Matter in the Supreme Court?
|resourcetype = self-help guides for getting an interim Supreme Court family order Interim applications are quite common in Supreme Court proceedings, and more common than trials. If you need child support payments now, you can't wait a year

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How Do I Find My Ex?
...a/ visit their website and enroll online]. You can also call BCFMA and ask questions about the service: 1-866-557-2427. [[Category:Helpful Guides & Common Questions|F]]

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Separation and Separation Agreements
...e or until one of them wants to sell. There are many possibilities so it’s helpful to get legal advice about your options. ==Common questions==

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How Do I Start Negotiations with My Spouse?
...your ex's lawyer. These are called four-way meetings, and they can be very helpful to move discussions along. If you are able to sit down with your ex and com [[Category:Helpful Guides & Common Questions|S]]

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How Do I Prepare for My First Meeting with a Lawyer?
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How Do I Start Arbitration with My Spouse?
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How Do I Get a Child's Views in a Report for the Court?
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How Do I Conduct Myself in Court at an Application?
...lus, you really want the judge to think well of you. Here are some general guides. [[Category:Helpful Guides Common Questions|C]]

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Introduction to JP Boyd on Family Law
...Matters]] rounds out our introduction, introducing you to the courts, the common law system, the role of lawyers, and includes a new section for this editio ...ll our ''How Do I?'' section and now refer to as ''Helpful Guides & Common Questions''.

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How Do I Schedule a Judicial Case Conference for Hearing?
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The Court System for Family Matters
...system has its origins hundreds of years ago in England, when the Court of Common Pleas was established by Henry II in the late 12th Century. Before this, pe ...rigin of the Court of Common Pleas, and it marked the start of the English common law as the specially-appointed people, ''judges'', were sent out to tour th

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Introduction to Child Support
...ays the set-off calculation must be used. In cases where the set-off isn’t helpful, child support can also be calculated by looking at: ==Common questions==

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How Do I Find an Order or Another Court Document?
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How Do I Fix an Error in an Affidavit or Add to an Affidavit?
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How Do I Appeal a Final Supreme Court Decision?
...t to make sure that you're following the new procedures. If you're reading guides about the Court of Appeal process written before July 2023, which might tal ...l_Rules_Forms.aspx Court of Appeal's website], as well as through the very helpful [https://courtofappealbc.ca/civil-family Justice Education Society's Court

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Starting a Court Proceeding in a Family Matter
...ugh the staff at the court registries are friendly and do their best to be helpful, they cannot provide legal advice, fill out forms for you or tell you how t ...based on what you’re asking a judge to ultimately decide. Some of the most common things people ask for are:

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How Do I Appeal a Provincial Court Decision?
[[Category:Helpful Guides & Common Questions|A]]

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Family Law Trials in Provincial Court
...ore information on these types of reports, see the Helpful Guides & Common Questions part of this resource: ...tness before trial. For each witness, you likely want to start with basic questions such as their full name, address, age and occupation, their education if re

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Interim Applications in Family Matters
}}Once a court proceeding has started, it's often helpful, if not necessary, to get one or more short-term orders about important thi ...e Court, and reviews some of the facts that are important for a variety of common applications.

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How Do I Change My Name after Marriage or Divorce?
...Statistics directly. They will send you a registration package along with questions to complete. ...gious official; the rules about change of name on marriage do not apply to common-law relationships, i.e. unmarried spouses.

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Married Spouses and the Law on Marriage
The legal requirements of a valid marriage are governed by the common law, the federal ''[http://canlii.ca/t/7vq2 Marriage (Prohibited Degrees) A ...the section Marriage, Separation & Divorce in the Helpful Guides & Common Questions part of this resource.

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Resolving Family Law Problems out of Court
...t, and to attend counselling if the court thinks that counselling would be helpful. Section 224 says that: ...egotiations with My Spouse?]]. It's located in the Helpful Guides & Common Questions part of this resource, in the section, ''Alternatives to Court''.

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How Do I Substitutionally Serve Someone with Legal Documents?
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Case Conferences in a Family Law Matter
...y management conferences'' and ''settlement conferences'' — the most common kinds of conferences held in the Provincial Court and the Supreme Court &md ...heir issues without the need for a trial. The Provincial Court of BC has a helpful article about [https://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/enews/enews-24-04-2018 fam

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Separation and the Law
This section also addresses some common questions about sex and new relationships after separation. The first section in this ...How Do I Prepare for Separation?]], located in the Helpful Guides & Common Questions part of this resource.

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Clicklaw Wikibooks Style Guide
...standing'', whereas the ability for a court to hear particular disputes or questions involving particular types of parties is a question of ''jurisdiction''." o :* Common Experience Payment: A CEP is payable to all former students of Residential

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Divorce and the Law on Getting Divorced
...raming. For an overview of this process, go to the Helpful Guides & Common Questions section of this resource and read [[How Do I Get my Certificate of Divorce% ...y">brief summary of this process, go to the Helpful Guides & Common Questions section of this resource and read [[How Do I Get Divorced?]]. It's located

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You and Your Lawyer
...toilet drain into the bathtub, you'd expect your plumber to give you some common sense advice about why that might be a bad idea. However, your lawyer is al ...tp://www.lawsociety.bc.ca Law Society of British Columbia] is an extremely helpful resource for people who have hired a lawyer or people who are thinking of r

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Family Law Agreements
...out a family law agreement, remedies are almost always available under the common law, the ''[[Divorce Act]]'', or the ''[[Family Law Act]]'' if problems cro *How will common household expenses be shared? Will specific bills be paid by a specific par

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Access to Family Justice
* common barriers people face when accessing family justice in British Columbia, ...ormation resources, legal clinics, support organizations, online tools and guides, and lower-cost options for hiring legal professionals. But what are they?

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Introduction to Family Law in British Columbia
Here you will find an overview of common family law problems, the laws that deal with family law problems, the court ==Common family law problems==

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Property and Debt in Family Law Matters
...snowmobiles, and so on. If you're entering a relationship now, it will be helpful to look up the [https://www.canadianblackbook.com/ Canadian Black Book] or ...sions after We're Divorced?]]. It's located in the Helpful Guides & Common Questions part of this resource.

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Agreements after Separation
...the law dealing with separation agreements is a blend of legislation, the common law relating to family law agreements, and certain parts of the law dealing The potential subjects of a separation agreement are limited only by common sense and what the law will allow. That said, it's always best to be as rea

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Family Law Mediation
...ecause the mediation process is based on a cooperative effort to achieve a common goal — a settlement of the legal issues — there is usually a lo ...process, or having the lawyer with you at the mediation, it can be really helpful to meet with a lawyer before the process begins to get some proper legal ad

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Discovery and Disclosure in Family Law
...n outside the courthouse, rules that let a party require someone to answer questions in an affidavit, and rules that let a party get documents and other informa ...ns in your household and their annual income in the space provided. It is helpful to also provide an explanation of that person’s relationship to you.

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How Do I Prepare an Affidavit?
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Resolving Family Law Problems in Court
This section provides a thumbnail sketch of the basic court process common to all family law court proceedings. The following sections in this chapter ...ed in litigation. (You can call find more definitions in the [[Terminology|Common Legal Words and Phrases]] chapter of this resource.)

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Permanent Residence Application Process (18:V)
...tus could lead to the withdrawal of your nomination. It could also lead to questions from IRCC when they process your permanent residence application. All post- ...as they vary and depend on the strength of the application. Consolidated guides with all the details necessary to assist with a BCPNP application can be fo

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Enforcing Orders in Family Matters
The website of the Department of Justice has a helpful [http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/fl-df/enforce-execution/index.html overview o ...nally Serve Someone with Legal Documents?]] in the Helpful Guides & Common Questions part of this resource, in the section Other Litigation Issues.

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Spousal and Child Support (3:X)
...riods for bringing claims for spousal support for both married spouses and common-law spouses. ...e parenting arrangements in place. Several websites, including J.P. Boyd’s helpful site, offer online child support calculators (see [[Governing Legislation a

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