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If you are entering or leaving a polyamorous relationship, it's critically important that you get legal advice about your situation. You can't assume that the law will apply to you the way it did to friends and family who entered or left pair relationships. The trick, of course, is finding the right lawyer to give you that advice. | If you are entering or leaving a polyamorous relationship, it's critically important that you get legal advice about your situation. You can't assume that the law will apply to you the way it did to friends and family who entered or left pair relationships. The trick, of course, is finding the right lawyer to give you that advice. | ||
The | The section on [[You & Your Lawyer|You and Your Lawyer]] in the chapter on [[Understanding the Legal System for Family Law Matters | Understanding the Legal System]] has information about how to find and hire a lawyer. However, people involved in polyamorous relationships need to make an extra effort to find family law lawyers who are familiar with this kind of relationship. A lot of lawyers who deal with problems involving these relationships will say so on their website. If you can't find someone who says explicitly that they handle polyamorous family law problems, then call a lawyer outside your hometown, or even outside of British Columbia, who deals with polyamorous families and see if they can refer you to someone. Or, you could also try contacting a family law lawyer whose website says they deal with LGBTQ issues. LGBTQ issues are ''not'' polyamorous issues, but lawyers who routinely manage LGBTQ issues in the family law context are more likely to have an idea about how family law works in the context of polyamory. | ||
==Resources and links== | ==Resources and links== | ||
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===Legislation=== | ===Legislation=== | ||
*''[https://canlii.ca/t/ | *''[https://canlii.ca/t/8q3k Family Law Act]'' | ||
*''[https://canlii.ca/t/551f9 Divorce Act]'' | *''[https://canlii.ca/t/551f9 Divorce Act]'' | ||
*''[https://canlii.ca/t/5533n Criminal Code]'' | *''[https://canlii.ca/t/5533n Criminal Code]'' | ||
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*[https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/fl-df/spousal-epoux/ssag-ldfpae.html Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines] | *[https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/fl-df/spousal-epoux/ssag-ldfpae.html Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines] | ||
* [http://clicklaw.bc.ca/resource/4646 Legal | * [http://clicklaw.bc.ca/resource/4646 Legal Aid BC's Family Law website's common questions on Finances & Support] | ||
** See "How is property divided when a common-law relationship ends?" under the heading "Common questions" | ** See "How is property divided when a common-law relationship ends?" under the heading "Common questions" | ||
* [http://clicklaw.bc.ca/resource/4648 Legal | * [http://clicklaw.bc.ca/resource/4648 Legal Aid BC's Family Law website's information page "Going through separation"] | ||
** See "Proving you're separated if you and your spouse still live together" | ** See "Proving you're separated if you and your spouse still live together" | ||
===Resources=== | ===Resources=== | ||
*[https:// | *[https://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/resource/4932 "Polyamorous Relationships and Family Law in Canada"] from Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) | ||
