Legal Resources

Explains how to apply for orders about priority parenting matters in the Provincial Court. Priority parenting matters include time-sensitive or emergency medical treatment for a child, applying for a passport, a child’s upcoming travel or activity, or a child’s removal from or return to a specific area in BC.

Picklists contain sample language that you can use in court orders and applications. They provide standard wording to help you make yourself understood to the court.

Learn about your human rights, what is considered discrimination and harassment, what is the duty to accommodate, and how the discrimination complaint process works.

This page explains why and how to obtain your divorce certificate.

Information about costs and expenses related to going to Provincial or Supreme Court for a family law issue.

An overview of cemetery and funeral services in BC, including the kind of bylaws a cemetery or crematorium will have, what it means to purchase the right of interment (you aren’t buying land), and whether you can supply your own casket or grave marker.

This page outlines what you need to know before filing a discrimination or harassment complaint to the Canadian Human Rights Commission. It tells you what rules you need to follow, the forms you need, and how the complaints process works.

Explains the family management conference, which is your first appearance in provincial family court when you or your ex-spouse has filed an application.

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.

A guide for traffic court hearings, including how to prepare for your hearing and the steps of the hearing process.