Provides family maintenance services for BCEA clients who would like help with obtaining or defending a maintenance order or written agreement. Maintenance may include the following: expenses arising from and incidental to the prenatal care of a mother or chil...

Provides eligible low-income people with a lawyer, under certain circumstances. Apply at all Legal Aid BC local agents and regional centres, or by phoning the LABC Call Centre.Representation Services (Serious Family Law Matters) are provided in situations such...

Provides culturally appropriate supports to address the over-representation of Indigenous peoples (First Nations, Inuit, and Metis) in the criminal justice system in BC, and eliminates barriers that may prevent someone from attending a justice centre in person...

Family duty counsel (FDC) services are available to eligible people with low incomes who are representing themselves in court and dealing with family law matters. FDC can provide advice about custody, parenting time, contact/access, child support, child protec...

Offers intensive, short-term mediation to help improve family communication and create better understanding. Serves families in crisis, including when youth have left the home or are at risk of leaving home. Serves Anmore, Belcarra, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, ...

Offers legal services to Indigenous people in Surrey and area who otherwise cannot access it; clients may not be eligible for legal aid or need legal advice on matters not covered by legal aid. Services include legal aid intake, advocacy for people living in p...

One-stop centre for youth and families to access a drop-in resource room for support, food, laundry, and showers, as well as programming for social, health, education, housing, substance use, employment, and life skills services. Services include addiction cou...

The Poverty Law Advocacy Program assists with applications and reviews for income assistance, disability assistance, pension, and provides advocacy for landlord/tenant disputes. The Family Law Advocacy Program provides information and assistance navigating fam...

Empowers families to address the emotional, social, physical, and general health aspects of their lives, helping them create a support network that includes family, friends, organizations and members of their community along with other professionals who can he...

Province-wide, toll-free helpline provides confidential assistance to grandparents and other relatives raising children and/or grandchildren as well as service providers and allies with navigating service systems such as Ministry of Children and Family Develop...

Offers individual and group counselling to children and youth of various ethnocultural backgrounds, including culturally-sensitive support and counselling for children/youth and their families dealing with issues of violence and parent-child conflict. Offers a...

Monitors and enforces maintenance orders and agreements requiring that people provide continuing financial support to their families (children or spouses) after separation. Recipients as well as payers can benefit from having a third party collect, track, and ...

Provides free online family mediation and advice services to low-and modest-income families. Clients have access to an independent legal advice lawyer and a mediator. Both parties must agree to mediation, and at least one party must meet pro bono eligibility c...

Community legal clinic offers free unbundled legal services to low-income, self-identified women and gender diverse people in the areas of family law, limited non-urgent immigration applications for permanent residence on humanitarian and compassionate grounds...

Provides province-wide pro bono legal representation services for particular case types to qualifying individuals and nonprofit organizations of limited means. Operates programs in the areas of family law, employment law, court of appeal, and judicial review. ...

Voluntary and confidential program for individuals going through separation and/or divorce who do not have lawyers and who are willing to meet and negotiate using the principles of collaborative practice, but who cannot afford the collaborative team for their ...

Free program helps families with child support orders or written agreements maintain a fair standard of support for their children by reviewing the amount of child support each year. Parents or guardians can enroll to have child support payments automatically ...

Lawyers provide free legal advice over the phone to people with low incomes who are experiencing family law issues such as parenting time or contact/access; guardianship; custody, child support, spousal support, property division, family agreements, and court ...

Committed to improving the well-being of children and youth in BC through the advancement of their legal rights. Provides a range of free services for children and youth ages 19 and under including legal advice through to full legal representation at court. Ma...

Program delivered by legal advocates specializing in the area of family law. Advocates can assist low-income and vulnerable clients with common family law related issues, such as separation/divorce, child and spousal support, parenting time and responsibilitie...

Provides orientation to family law for individuals prior to separation or after separation. Services do not include legal advice. Provides an overview of dispute resolution options and legal resources in the community; coaching for effective participation in m...

Online tool allows couples who are in agreement on family law issues to complete and file the necessary divorce paperwork easily. Available to couples who are seeking joint divorce (making an application for a divorce together, in agreement about getting a div...

Free voluntary services that enforce agreements or court orders requiring support payments to a spouse or child. Can take steps to enforce agreements or orders for support after they are filed with the court. Attempts collection of support payments set out in ...

Provides information concerning the Federal Child Support Guidelines, a set of rules and tables used to calculate the amount of support that a paying parent should contribute towards his or her children, in cases of divorce or separation.