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A parenting coordinator is a dispute resolution professional who provides mediation or arbitration services on parenting issues for a fee. They may be a lawyer, psychologist or social worker or someone with experience mediating civil law disputes.
Filling out a form in a Provincial Court family law case should be easier, more efficient and less frustrating after August 12, 2024. The Justices Services Branch of BC’s Ministry of the Attorney General has worked with the Court and other stakeholders to replace the forms required by the Provincial Court Family Rules with new forms that are shorter, clearer and easier to navigate.
When you submit a family court order to be signed by a judge and it’s returned for corrections, it’s a waste of your time, and that of the court registry staff and judge who dealt with it. It also increases the time your client must wait to get an official copy of their order.
Indigenous Court elders from the Squamish Nation, joined by representatives of the BC Provincial Court and the Ministry of the Attorney General, welcomed Malaysian government officials and community elders on July 3, 2024.
If people need to bring a family law dispute to BC Provincial Court, their first court appearance is a virtual family management conference. When lawyers attend these conferences with their clients, they can play a big role in making them effective.