Family justice counsellors are public employees. Their reports are free as part of the Family Justice Report Service, but they are in very high demand and there is usually a long delay. The only way to be referred to the service is by court order. Once the Family Justice Report Service receives both a copy of the court order and the referral form from the court registry, the report will be placed on a list for assignment to a family justice counsellor. You cannot pick the family justice counsellor who will prepare your report.

Not all family justice counsellors are trained to prepare needs of the child asssessments, and the delay between requesting a report to getting it done might be up to a year. You can call the Family Justice Report Service at 604778-851360-7059 2052 or find a [httphttps://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/helpmap/service/1019 Family Justice Centre] near you to learn more about the service.

As an alternative, you can pay for a report to be prepared by a social worker, clinical counsellor, or psychologist. These can generally be done much faster, but they come at a higher cost. The fees for reports a full report prepared by psychologists a psychologist typically range between costs $515,000 and or even $2030,000, depending on the number of children involved, where the children and the parents or guardians live, and the amount of work that needs to be done(including whether the writer needs to come to court).

* contact the [httphttps://www.findapsychologistcrhsp.ca /public-profile/ Canadian Register of Health Service Psychologists] for a referral. The private assessor either needs to be agreed upon by all parties or appointed by court order if the parties cannot agree.

{{REVIEWED | reviewer = [[Megan Ellis | Megan Ellis, QCJulie Brown]], June 11September 21, 20192023}}

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