Legal Resources

This booklet provides basic, accessible legal information for Indigenous people across the continent who are facing legal issues. It provides a national perspective on topics covered in the BC-specific booklet, including your rights and protections, restorative justice, child protection, prisons, crossing the border, wills and estates, and benefits...

This booklet provides basic, accessible legal information for Indigenous people facing legal issues. Topics include justice systems, children and families, rights and protections, death and taxes, income security, and class actions. It explains how the laws can vary for people based on their Indigeneity.

This guide outlines deadlines and time limits for family law matters. Legal issues covered are child support, spousal support, interjurisdictional support, denial of parenting and contact time, protection order, property and debt division, Canada Pension Plan, and appeals.

This guide explains Section 211 reports (custody and access reports). It includes information about who can prepare a s.211 report, important questions when choosing an assessor, and tips for dealing with a report that is not fair or accurate.

This practical guide has charts for keeping track of events or payments related to family law matters, which can be useful in a future court case.

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 child support responsibilities for stepparents in British Columbia.

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

This guide answers common questions about an interim distribution of property and explains who may be able to get one.

This guide explains the rule in Browne v. Dunn, which is important for trial and cross-examination. It helps you with challenging statements from the other party or a witness that contradict your own evidence in a family law trial.