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Legal Services Society Family Law in BC Website www.familylaw.lss.bc.ca
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Usage Over 300 visits/day Videos on the site are viewed more than 1,700 times per month About 60% of visitors are seeking legal information and self-help materials, 40% are family service professionals helping someone else
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Content of Family Law in BC site Over 1,000 pages of legal information, including 36 self help guides and more than 22 fact sheets
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New features added: a text resizer (enlarge or reduce text size) short video and audio clips what’s new in family law a definitions page relevant legislation links publications by language frequently asked questions
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Videos 2 short clips available now, 15 more to come 2 short films available on family law; fictionalized stories of a couple disputing child support in Provincial Court, and in the Supreme Court of BC
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Who can help? The first hurdle is finding the information; the next is knowing how to use it.
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Question #1 I want to apply for a divorce on my own – my ex doesn’t want to have to do anything. My friend told me that I have to write something called a Plaintiff’s Affidavit. Where do I find that and is that how I would get started?
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Question #2 My daughter is refusing to let me see my granddaughter. What is the procedure for me to get a court order for access?
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Question #3 I have been served with an Application to Obtain an Order for me to pay child support and for my girlfriend to have sole custody and guardianship of our child. I am in agreement with paying her child support, but I don’t agree with her having sole custody and guardianship. How can I let the court know this?
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Question #4 My father told me that I could claim for undue hardship in my Supreme Court Financial Statement. What does that mean?
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Question#5 Question#5 I need to serve documents on my estranged wife. I don’t want to see her. Who can serve documents for me?
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For further information contact: Kim Shelley Legal Information Outreach Worker Victoria Regional Centre kim.shelley@lss.bc.ca@lss.bc.ca January, 2008
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