Legal Resources

A series of guidebooks for cases involving a family matter in the Supreme Court of BC — including divorce, separation, dividing family property, child support, spousal support, parenting issues, and adoption.

Explains issues that count as priority parenting matters and how to make an application in the Provincial Court. Priority parenting matters include urgent health decisions for a child, immediate needs for a passport, a child’s upcoming travel or activity, or issues relating to relocation or removal of a child.

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.

This page provides court forms used in criminal law matters. The forms are in PDF format that you can fill out and print.

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.

This page will help you learn basic information about courtrooms, court procedures, and common legal words.

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

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

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

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.