Justice committee  In section 40 of the Family Law Act, it explicitly states that no parenting arrangement is presumed to be in the best interests of the child. There's also explicit direction that parenting time and parenting responsibilities should not be presumed to be allocated equally. The ide

Justice committee  In B.C. we have a serious problem that a lot of family law litigants aren't represented, but in cases where people have lawyers representing them, it would make sense for lawyers to be able to do that screening and present that evidence to the court. In cases where people aren't

Justice committee  In British Columbia we have a requirement for family law professionals to assess for family violence. We don't have a requirement to screen, but we have this order that we're supposed to assess and then make recommendations based on that. There is no mandatory process to do that,

Justice committee  Thank you. I will try to be brief. As everyone here I'm sure is aware, in 2013 British Columbia updated its family law legislation and adopted the new Family Law Act, or FLA. The Family Law Act changed the law in B.C. by providing a consistent approach to the identification and