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Resolving Family Law Problems out of Court

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The fine print under the Family Law Act
#meets a list of training requirements set out in section 5(2)(b).
Although parenting coordinators, mediators and arbitrators are required to provide "written confirmation" that they meet the requirements set out in the [http://canlii.ca/t/8rdx Family Law Act Regulation] to qualify as a "family dispute resolution professional," this is something you may want to investigate for yourself, before you hire anyone as your parenting coordinator, mediator or arbitrator. If it turns out that your family dispute resolution professional doesn't qualify as a "family dispute resolution professional" under the act and the regulations, you will ''not'' be able to take advantage of section 198(5) to claim a delay in the running of the time limits!
For family dispute resolution professionals who are lawyers, you can get this information from the [https://www.lawsociety.bc.ca/lsbc/apps/lkup/mbr-search.cfm Lawyer Directory] on the Law Society's website. The profile of each lawyer shows how long the lawyer has been practicing law, their contact information, and their discipline history, as well as their accreditations. Here's my listing, for example:
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