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Child and Family Services Law and Practice - Print



Product Type: Publications - Print
ISBN: 978-1-77225-076-3
Pages: 848
Price: $195.00
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Get the guidance you need to effectively practice child and family services law

This publication is essential for: practitioners who need guidance on the substantive law and procedure for child and family services matters and the contextual issues underlying this practice area

Current to: June 15, 2026

Child and family services law poses unique challenges. Need to understand how to practice effectively in this area? Let Child and Family Services Law and Practice support you with valuable guidance on all aspects of your practice. In addition to analysis and direction on substantive law and procedure, this manual provides you with important context on the continuing impacts of Canada's colonial history, as well as children's rights, and insights on taking an informed approach to the issues that may arise in child and family services law.

With this resource, you will be able to:

  • easily access the current legislation governing child and family services matters, and quickly identify the leading case law and key principles and practice points
  • understand the relationship between Canada's colonial history of intervention with Indigenous children and families and the current child and family services system
  • improve your practice by incorporating principles of trauma-informed practice and cultural humility

Buy today and provide vital support on family law files to your firm! View a sample from this book!

Highlights of the second edition of Child and Family Services Law and Practice include:

  • new discussion and guidance on safety plan agreements
  • updated guidance on incorporating cultural humility into practice, especially with respect to the overrepresentation of Indigenous children in the child and family services system
  • discussion of new cases, including, among others: Gitxaala v. British Columbia (Chief Gold Commissioner) on the interpretation of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act; the Neal v. Canada (Attorney General) class action and other class actions respecting the rights of children in care; British Columbia (Children and Family Development) v. R.T. regarding cultural plans; and R.R. v. Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society on substantive equality
  • updates to the annotated legislation chapters to reflect amendments and new case law since the last edition
  • inclusion of the Provincial Court (Snuw’uy’ulhtst tu Quw’utsun Mustimuhw u’ tu Shhw’a’luqwa’a’ i’ Smun’eem [Laws of the Cowichan People for Families and Children]) Rules in the annotated legislation, and addition of the prescribed forms for those rules to the forms and precedents included with the manual
  • improved cross-referencing throughout the publication to assist practitioners in finding additional relevant information on topics
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CLEBC Legal Editor
Edie Ryan
eryan@cle.bc.ca

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