Legal Resources

This fact sheet explains financial abuse and financial exploitation, which is a form of senior abuse. It explains financial abuse is a violation of trust. It gives examples and has tips for how you can prevent financial abuse and how to report it, provides useful resources, and explains who you can call for help.

This video, from Disability Alliance BC, talks about your options if you have experienced sexual assault in BC. The video is in sign language and also includes captions.

How to apply for, change, or cancel a family protection order. Includes information about when you can proceed without informing the person you need protection against.

Describes what abuse, neglect, and self-neglect are, what a designated agency can do, and how the community-response network aims to provide a coordinated response to these complex problems.

This guide explains filing affidavit evidence for family court. It includes tips on dealing with restrictions about the length and format of affidavits and challenges to affidavit evidence related to protection orders and family violence.

This guide explains protection orders and provides tips on writing the affidavit to apply for an order.

Helps you understand and minimize the risks of using AI for obtaining legal information, legal advice, and legal drafting. This guide is written for individuals representing themselves, as well as family law advocates and support workers assisting them.

If you or someone you know is experiencing family violence, you have options. Help is available from the police, community workers, and the courts. Learn the steps you can take.

Explains peace bonds, family law protection orders, and things you can do to help you and your family stay safe from an abusive or violent person.

Provides definitions of child abuse according to the law, the warning signs of child abuse, and what to do when a child tells you about it. Includes tips about keeping children safe and where to get help.