Annotated Family Practice--ONLINE ONLY

All the family law legislation you need in one place

This publication is essential for: all family law lawyers who need quick access to family law legislation in the office or on the go

Current to: April 1, 2019

In the fast pace of family law, you need quick access to case law and legislation frequently. Annotated Family Practice is your invaluable and portable compilation of all core BC family law statutes, rules, regulations, guidelines, and practice directions. Leading family law lawyers have selected and prepared succinct summaries of significant cases you need to know about under key legislation, such as the Child Support Guidelines, the Family Law Act, and the Child, Family and Community Service Act. 

With this resource, you will be able to:

• access the language of the key Acts, Rules, and Regulations that govern a family law matter
  
• quickly identify leading cases under specific sections of legislation
  
• find the Child Support Guidelines table amount of support easily
  
• look at key sections of the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines

Buy this portable family law library today!

Highlights of the 2019 Update include:

• recent amendments to the Child, Family and Community Service Act and Regulations that come into force on April 1, 2019
  
  
• anticipated amendments (as of March 15, 2019) to the Family Law Act
  
  
• new case annotations under the Child Support Guidelines, the Family Law Act, and the Child, Family and Community Service Act
  
  
• replacement of the Simplified BC Child Support Tables with the full BC Child Support Tables

CLEBC Legal Editor
Laura Selby
lselby@cle.bc.ca

Chapters

Part 1—Child Support Guidelines

1. Annotated Federal Child Support Guidelines

Part 2—Divorce Act, Family Law Act, and Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines

2. Divorce Act (Canada)

3. Annotated Family Law Act

4. Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines [excerpts]

Part 3—Court Rules

5. Supreme Court Family Rules

6. Court of Appeal Rules

7. Provincial Court (Family) Rules

8. Annotated Provincial Court (Child, Family and Community Service Act) Rules

Part 4—Practice Directions

9. Family Law Practice Directions

10. Select Civil Practice Directions That Apply to Family Law Cases

11. [has been deleted]

Part 5—Statutes

12. Adoption Act

13. Annotated Child, Family and Community Service Act

14. Court of Appeal Act [excerpts]

15. Evidence Act [excerpts]

16. Family Maintenance Enforcement Act

17. Income Tax Act (Canada) [excerpts]

18. Infants Act

19. Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act

20. Land (Spouse Protection) Act

21. Marriage Act

22. Name Act

23. Partition of Property Act

Part 6 — Regulations

24. Adoption Regulation

25. Annotated Child, Family and Community Service Regulation

26. Division of Pensions Regulation

27. Family Law Act Regulation

28. Family Maintenance Enforcement Act Regulation

29. Interjurisdictional Support Orders Regulation

30. Notice to Mediate (Family) Regulation

Case Table

Index

Authors
Kristine All — Aaron Gordon Daykin Nordlinger LLP, Vancouver
Fiona Beveridge — Watson Goepel LLP, Vancouver
Leneigh Bosdet — Pushor Mitchell LLP, Kelowna
Colin Galinski — Galinski Pensions and Benefits Law, Vancouver
Stephanie Ovens — DLA Piper, Vancouver
Jane Reid — Jenkins Marzban Logan LLP, Vancouver
Fiona Robin — Schuman Daltrop Basran & Robin, Vancouver
Monique Shebbeare — Barrister & Solicitor, Vancouver
Lisa Slater — DLA Piper (Canada) LLP, Vancouver
Ola Stoklosa — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver
Zara Suleman — Suleman Family Law, North Vancouver