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Time limits
Second, the "family dispute resolution professional" you're working with needs to be a ''qualified'' family dispute resolution professional. If your family dispute resolution professional doesn't meet the requirements, the time limit won't be suspended. Those requirements are set out in sections 4, 5 and 6 of the [http://canlii.ca/t/8rdx Family Law Act Regulation]. It is really important that you ask the family dispute resolution professional you are working with whether they meet the requirements of the Family Law Act Regulation! However, if your family dispute resolution professional is a lawyer, you can easily check their status through the Law Society of British Columbia's [https://www.lawsociety.bc.ca/lsbc/apps/lkup/mbr-search.cfm lawyer directory]. The lawyer directory shows you all kinds of information about a lawyer, including their discipline history as well as whether they are qualified as an arbitrator, mediator or parenting coordinator. Here's the entry for me in the directory:
[[File:LSBC Lawyer Directory.png|thumbframeless|center|400px|Example of a lawyer's entry in the Law Society of British Columbia's Lawyer Director]] 
===Effect of dispute resolution processes===