{{Template:BCPCJPBOFL2022}}The process of starting a court proceeding and wrapping it up at trial can be complicated. This chapter discusses the process for starting, and replying to, court proceedings in British Columbia's Provincial Court and Supreme Court, making applications before trial, and completing a trial. For Provincial Court trials, please refer to the resources on Legal Aid BC's Family Law website, posted at the end of this section.

This section provides a thumbnail sketch of the basic court process common to all family law court proceedings. The following sections in this chapter provide more detail about [[Starting a Court Proceeding in a Family Matter|starting a proceeding]], [[Replying Responding to a Court Proceeding in a Family Matter|replying responding to a proceeding]], going to [[Case Conferences in a Family Law Matter|case conferences]], making [[Interim Applications in Family Matters|applications for temporary and urgent orders]], [[Enforcing Orders in Family Matters|enforcing orders]], and [[Changing Final Orders in Family Matters|changing final orders]].