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If Your Child Is Taken: Your Rights as a Parent

If Your Child Is Taken: Your Rights as a Parent

Explains about child protection law and what parents or guardians can do if the director of Child Welfare removes their child or is planning to remove their child from the home. Describes what happens at court and where to get legal help. Updated to conform to the new BC Family Law Act.

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produced by
Legal Aid BC
produced in
2015
last reviewed
January 2015 i Last date reviewed by a qualified expert to ensure content up-to-date. See "Tips" in Clicklaw content criteria (bottom of pageside menu) for details.
 

Also available in:

French (PDF)


resource type
basics
tags
removal of a child from the home, child protection, parent's rights, legal aid, legal advice, Child Protection/Removal, Legal Aid BC, Family Law in BC website, Ministry of Children and Family Development