Legal Resources

Explains the collaborative family law process, where you and your spouse each hire a lawyer who practises collaborative family law with the goal of settling your case fairly, without going to court. It provides links to finding a collaborative family lawyer, and to other resources for legal help and advice.

This page includes important summaries of helpful tenancy information for both tenants and landlords. Includes some letter-writing templates and multi-lingual resources.

Explains that your employer or union cannot retaliate against you if you raise an occupational health and safety issue, refuse unsafe work, and more. It gives examples of some prohibited (retaliatory) actions. It also explains what you should do if you have a complaint, and the options for resolving your complaint.

Explains that tenants must pay their rent while evacuated during a natural disaster like wildfires or floods, and landlords must ensure the rental unit is safe and livable before tenants can move back. It includes what to do during and after an evacuation, and the responsibilities of the tenant and landlord.

Provides information about what you can do if there is a child protection concern in your family and contacts for getting legal help. It also explains your role as a relative in a child abuse case, such as being involved in developing a comprehensive plan of care and providing a safe home for the child.

Landlords have rights and responsibilities that are outlined in the Residential Tenancy Act (RTA). This page provides a summary of them in a printable PDF format.

Renters have rights and responsibilities that are outlined in the Residential Tenancy Act (RTA). This page provides a summary of them in a printable PDF format.

Advance care planning involves thinking about your health care preferences and letting your family, friends, and health care providers know. An Advance Care Plan documents your wishes for future treatment if you can’t express them yourself as well as who will take care of your personal and financial matters. Includes a downloadable PDF guide.

This page shows the laws and rules you need to follow during a tenancy. It also provides links to the rules and expectations for a tenancy hearing, and to help with residential tenancy issues. The sub-page 'Types of rental housing situations' describes the housing situations covered by the tenancy laws, and what to do if your tenancy is not covered...

The Supreme Court has developed a “Family Order Pick List” which sets out standard terms for most of the usual orders made in family cases. The pick list provides the Supreme Court clerks the ability to electronically populate orders after chambers applications or a judicial case conference.