This website provides thousands of legal help resources available from a range of organizations in BC. The Family Law section includes more than 300 publications, websites, videos and other resources. There is also a section on Common Questions that is especially helpful.
JP Boyd on Family Law from Vancouver lawyer John-Paul Boyd, is now updated for the new Family Law Act. Written in plain language, with rollover definitions for legal words and phrases, JP Boyd on Family Law provides practical, in-depth coverage of family law and divorce law in BC.
The BC government provides a range of information to help separating British Columbians. From the government website, users can learn more about Family Justice Counsellors, the Family Maintenance Enforcement Program, family law court forms, inter-jurisdictional support orders and more.
If you are a person with a low income experiencing a family law issue, you may be eligible for free legal advice over the telephone from a family lawyer.
Free help with legal forms ― Volunteers from the Amici Curiae Friendship Society (AC) can help you prepare forms for family law cases and understand legal procedures. The volunteers will help complete the documents but don’t provide legal advice.
Family justice counsellors provide a variety of free services, including mediation, for families experiencing separation and divorce. Family justice counsellors are employed by the Attorney General and work in Justice Access Centres and Family Justice Centres throughout the province.
The Everyone Legal Clinic provides lower cost representation for people dealing with family, tenancy, employment, wills/estates, civil, corporate consumer or criminal law issues. Services are provided by articling clinicians who work under the supervision of practicing lawyers, and provide legal services on a lower-cost, fixed-fee basis.
You can get in touch with a lawyer through the Lawyer Referral Service, an online program that lets you meet with a lawyer for 15 minutes to discuss your legal problem. This meeting is free.
Find a lawyer who you can pay to take part of your case while you handle the rest yourself.
Specially trained lawyers who work in teams with separating spouses.