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For Your Protection: Peace Bonds and Family Law Protection Orders

Legal Aid BC
This resource is for people living in BC who need protection from a partner they are ― or have been ― in an intimate relationship with. Explains how and when people can get peace bonds and family law protection orders, and what the differences are between them.
Last reviewed March 2024