In British Columbia, the limitation period for actions based on personal injury — which is what a tort claim based on family violence is — is two years. If your spouse assaulted you on 1 January 2010, you won't be able to <span class="noglossary">advance</span> your claim after 2 January 2012. There are, however, some exceptions to this rule.

*The limitation period doesn't begin to run until the last incident of violence.

*Because of the 1992 Supreme Court of Canada decision in ''[http://canlii.ca/t/1fs89 K.M. v. H.M.]'', [1992] 3 S.C.R. 6, the limitation period may not begin to run until the person who suffered the family violence makes the connection between the violence and the harm he or she has suffered.