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==Getting Legal Advice==
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| width="20%" | Access Pro Bono
Society of BC
| width="40%" | Access Pro Bono volunteer lawyers provide free legal advice to persons who cannot obtain legal aid or afford a lawyer.
| width="40%" | Lower Mainland: <br/>
604.878.7400<br/>
Toll-free: 1.877.762.6664<br/>
help@accessprobono.ca<br/>
[http://www.accessprobono.ca www.accessprobono.ca]
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| width="20%" |JP Boyd’s BC Family Law Resource
| width="40%" |This website offers a comprehensive survey of family law, divorce law and the court process in BC. It’s written in plain language, with handy pop-up definitions for legal words and phrases.
| width="40%" |[http://www.bcfamilylawresource.com www.bcfamilylawresource.com] <br/>
Blog: [http://www.bcfamilylawresource.blogspot.ca ww.bcfamilylawresource.blogspot.ca]
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| width="20%" | Lawyer Referral Service
| width="40%" | The Lawyer Referral Service can give you the name of a family law lawyer near you who will give you a 30-minute consultation for $25.
| width="40%" | Greater Vancouver: 604.687.3221 <br/>
Toll-free: 1.800.663.1919
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* Legal Services Society of BC (Legal Aid)
*Family LawLINE
*Publications/Media
*Family Law in BC website
*Family Duty Counsels
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*If your legal problem is covered under the legal aid rules and you are financially eligible, the Legal Services Society of BC will appoint a lawyer for you if you apply.
*If you are a person with a low income experiencing a family law issue, you may be eligible for free legal advice from a family lawyer.
*Helpful booklets and an online self-help kits for people dealing with family law issues.
*Website contains detailed information about Family Law in BC.
*Lawyers available to help people with lower incomes with their family law problems.
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*Lower Mainland: 604.408.2172, Toll-Free: 1.866.577.2525<br/>
[http://www.lss.bc.ca/legal_aid www.lss.bc.ca/legal_aid]
*[http://www.lss.bc.ca/legal_aid/FamilyLawLINE.php www.lss.bc.ca/legal_aid/FamilyLawLINE.php]
*[http://www.lss.bc.ca/publications www.lss.bc.ca/publications]
*[http://www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca/default.asp www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca/default.asp]
*[http://www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca/help/who_FamilyDutyCounsel.php www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca/help/who_FamilyDutyCounsel.php]
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{{REVIEWED | reviewer = [[People's Law School]], 2014}}