White paper on family relations act reform

The white paper is not intended to constitute legal advice or to be a statement of the law in respect of the Family Relations Act or the family laws of other provinces and jurisdictions and should not be relied upon for those purposes. [...] Set as defaults: the date of separation as the triggering event and the date of the court order or agreement as the valuation date. [...] Families need a justice system that is as accessible, simple and affordable as 7. The 2005 report of the Family Justice Reform Working Group, a committee with representatives from the judiciary, the Law Society of British Columbia, the Canadian Bar Association and the provincial government, noted that since the early 1970s there have been 16 reports making recommendations touching on family justic [...] This is consistent with the observation of the Family Justice Reform Working Group that the more the law promotes the use of consensual dispute resolution, the greater the system’s responsibility to ensure those services are offered by 19 qualified practitioners who meet recognized standards of practice. [...] The proposed changes to the law will increase the court’s ability to deal with family violence by: identifying children’s safety as an overarching objective in the best interests of the child test; including the impact of family violence and consideration of civil or criminal proceedings relevant to the safety or well-being of the child as best interests factors; defining family violence and