This information applies to British Columbia, Canada. Last reviewed for legal accuracy by the Law Students' Legal Advice Program on August 12, 2021.
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A. Note on the Family Law Act and this Manual
On March 18, 2013, British Columbia’s Family Law Act [FLA] came into force. The FLA is the culmination of many years of research and policy development, and has transformed British Columbia family law dramatically .
The current Manual chapter deals primarily with the FLA rather than the previous Family Relations Act [FRA]. If you are starting a legal challenge in family law now or in the future, the FLA will apply to your case. However, if you made a claim for property division before the FLA came into force (March 18, 2013), then those claims will be decided under the FRA; all of your other claims (such as for parenting arrangements, child support, spousal support) will be dealt with under the FLA, or the Divorce Act (DA), if it applies.
If your case still involves the FRA, we encourage you to look at an older version of this Manual, as we will not deal with the FRA in this version.
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Chapters 1-7 Criminal Law · Youth Justice · Family Law · Victims · Public Complaints · Human Rights · Workers Compensation |
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Chapter One: Criminal Law | |
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| Chapter Two: Youth Justice | |
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| Chapter Three: Family Law | |
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| Chapter Four: Victims | |
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| Chapter Five: Public Complaints | |
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| Chapter Six: Human Rights | |
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| Chapter Seven: Workers' Compensation | |
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Chapters 8-14 Employment Insurance · Employment Law · Creditors and Debtors · Consumer Protection · Auto Insurance (ICBC) · Motor Vehicle Law · Mental Health Law |
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Chapter Eight: Employment Insurance | |
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| Chapter Nine: Employment Law | |
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| Chapter Ten: Creditors' Remedies and Debtors' Assistance | |
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| Chapter Eleven: Consumer Protection | |
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| Chapter Twelve: Auto Insurance (ICBC) | |
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| Chapter Thirteen: Motor Vehicle Law | |
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| Chapter Fourteen: Mental Health Law | |
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Chapters 15-23 Adult Guardianship and Substitute Decision-Making · Wills and Estates · Citizenship · Immigration · Landlord and Tenant Rights · Small Claims · Welfare Law · Strata Law · Referrals |
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Chapter Fifteen: Adult Guardianship and Substitute Decision-Making | |
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| Chapter Sixteen: Wills and Estate Administration | |
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| Chapter Seventeen: Citizenship | |
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| Chapter Eighteen: Immigration Law | |
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| Chapter Nineteen: Landlord and Tenant Law | |
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| Chapter Twenty: Small Claims and the CRT | |
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| Chapter Twenty One: Welfare Law | |
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| Chapter Twenty Two: Strata Law | |
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| Chapter Twenty Three: Referrals | |
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