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Before getting any deeper into this chapter, go review the chapter [[Introduction to the Legal System for Family Matters|Understanding the Legal System]], in particular, the section on [[The Court System for Family Matters|The Court System]]. What you'll learn there is that there are two courts that hear trials in British Columbia, the ''[https://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/ Provincial Court]'' and the ''[https://www.bccourts.ca/supreme_court/ Supreme Court]'', which are very different from one another.
The Provincial Court deals with issues relating to parenting children, child support, spousal support, and orders protecting people under the ''[[Family Law Act]]''. The Supreme Court has the authority to deal with all of those issues, but can also deal with issues about parentage, dividing property and debt, and orders protecting property under the provincial act. Only the Supreme Court has the authority to make orders under the ''[[Divorce Act]]'', including orders for divorce. This chart shows which trial court can deal with which family law problem:
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