BC Family Practice Manual

This book is essential for: a learning resource for junior family lawyers and a reference for all other family practitioners.

Current to: February 1, 2011

Family law poses unique challenges. CLEBC's trusted practice-oriented manual for family lawyers in BC, now in its fourth edition, gives you solid advice on all aspects of family law, from running your practice and managing relationships with clients to entering orders and conducting appeals. This comprehensive, two-volume manual is essential for both new lawyers who need guidance each step of the way on conducting a family law file, and seasoned practitioners who need the latest information and a convenient reference for specific practice points.

Subscriptions include online access with search capability and links to the full text of case law and legislation, updates each spring, and forms and precedents on CD-ROM.

Highlights of the 2011 update

• new case law and legislation up to February 1, 2011, as well as references to the White Paper on Family Relations Act reform where appropriate
• new commentary on access, appellate review of decisions by masters, the application of the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines, custody and access order enforcement, division of property and pensions, discovery enforcement, discovery of social media, document production by non-parties, drafting orders on custody, guardianship, and access, enforcement or variation of agreements made at conferences, family assets, financial disclosure, FMEP orders, garnishment, guardianship of the estate of the child, interest on foreign maintenance orders, international child abduction, judicial case conferences, negotiation, notices to admit, obligations of collaborative family law practitioners, offers to settle, processing desk orders, provincial court parens patriae jurisdiction, settlement conferences, summary trials, superseding extraprovincial orders, and trust claims
• chapters, forms, and precedents revised to incorporate the most recent amendments to legislation and rules governing practice and procedure in Provincial Court, Supreme Court, and the Court of Appeal
• the forms most commonly used in family practice, in Word and WordPerfect formats, on the CD and in the downloadable version for the online practice manual
• new Practice Directions
• updated versions of the Statute Table, Case Table, Reference Table, and Index

CLEBC Legal Editor
David P. Owen
dowen@cle.bc.ca

CONTENTS
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Chapters
1.  Conducting a Family Law Practice
2.  Building Effective Relationships
3.  Assessing the Legal Issues
4.  Gathering Information
5.  Working Toward Settlement
6.  Recording a Settlement
7.  Commencing Proceedings 
8.  Using Conferences Effectively
9.  Obtaining Interim Relief
10. Obtaining Discovery
11. Using Alternatives to Trial
12. Conducting a Trial
13. Obtaining Court-ordered Costs
14. Practising in Provincial Court
15. Drafting Orders
16. Varying Orders and Challenging Agreements
17. Enforcing Orders and Agreements
18. Conducting Appeals
19. Child Protection
20. Adoption
21. Naming
22. Aboriginal Family Law Issues

Checklists
1. Family Practice Interview
2. Family Law Agreement Procedure
3. Separation Agreement Drafting
4. Marriage Agreement Drafting
5. Family Law Proceeding
6. Child, Family and Community Service Act Procedure

Forms and Precedents
I.       Building Effective Relationships
II.      Assessing the Legal Issues
III.     Gathering Information
IV.     Working Toward Settlement
V.      Recording a Settlement
VI.     Commencing Proceedings
VII.    Using Conferences Effectively
VIII.   Obtaining Interim Relief
IX.     Obtaining Discovery
X.      Using Alternatives to Trial
XI.     Conducting a Trial
XII.    Obtaining Court-ordered Costs
XIII.   Practising in Provincial Court
XIV.   Drafting Orders
XV.    Varying Orders and Challenging Agreements
XVI.   Enforcing Orders and Agreements
XVII.  Conducting Appeals
XVIII. Child Protection
XIX.   Adoption
XX.    Naming

Limitation Periods
Adoption Act
Canada Pension Plan
Child, Family and Community Service Act
Court of Appeal Act
Divorce Act
Family Maintenance Enforcement Act
Family Relations Act
Land (Spouse Protection) Act
Land Title Act
Marriage Act

Practice Directions
I.  Family Law Practice Directions and Notices
II. Selected General Procedure Practice Directions and Notices
 

FEATURES

• complete set of forms and precedents
• regular updates
• tables of cases, statutes, and references
• comprehensive index
• checklists
• convenient looseleaf format with tab indexing
• online access to electronic version with hyperlinks to primary law

Editorial Board
John-Paul E. Boyd — Aaron Gordon Daykin Nordlinger, Vancouver
The Honourable Madam Justice Miriam Gropper — Supreme Court of British Columbia, Vancouver
The Honourable Madam Justice Mary A. Humphries — Supreme Court of British Columbia, Vancouver
Phyllis M. Kenney — Barrister & Solicitor, Vancouver
Janneke Lewis — North Shore Law LLP, North Vancouver
The Honourable Judge Rose Raven — Provincial Court of British Columbia, Surrey
Jeffrey A. Rose, QC — Mortimer & Rose, Vancouver

Authors
Kathryn L. Basran — Schuman Daltrop Basran & Robin, Vancouver
Todd R. Bell — Schuman Daltrop Basran & Robin, Vancouver
Vicki M. Bennett — Barrister & Solicitor, Vancouver
Ingrid Bloomfield — Vital Statistics Agency, BC Ministry of Health, Kelowna
John-Paul E. Boyd — Aaron Gordon Daykin Nordlinger, Vancouver
Mark J. Cochrane — Barrister & Solicitor, Vancouver 
David C. Dundee — Paul & Company, Kamloops
Kathryn J. Ferriss — Family Duty Counsel Project, Legal Services Society, Vancouver
Fiona S. Gow — Ministry of Attorney General, Victoria
Lisa J. Hamilton — Hamilton Fabbro, Vancouver
Rain A. Henderson — Henderson Heinrichs, Vancouver
Annie C. Kaderly — Aaron Gordon Daykin Nordlinger, Vancouver
Lawrence A. Kahn, QC — Kahn Zack Ehrlich Lithwick, Richmond
Phyllis M. Kenney — Barrister & Solicitor, Vancouver
Gordon J. Kopelow — Barrister & Solicitor, Vancouver
Wilson Lee — Family Maintenance Enforcement Program, Burnaby
Janneke Lewis — North Shore Law LLP, North Vancouver
Kay Melbye — Brown Henderson Melbye, Victoria
Colin A. Millar — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver
Karen F. Nordlinger, QC — Aaron Gordon Daykin Nordlinger, Vancouver
Shamim Shivji — Ratcliff & Company LLP, North Vancouver
Sheilagh M. Sparks — North Shore Law LLP, North Vancouver
William R. Storey — Barrister & Solicitor, Vancouver
Dean R. Tate — Kinsman Law Group, Richmond
Dalmar F. Tracy — Barrister & Solicitor, Victoria