Government

Ministry of Justice

Legal Advice

At the Nanaimo Justice Access Centre, we can give limited legal advice about a range of family and civil law issues. Some eligibility guidelines apply for these options. We may be able to advise you for problems about:

  • separation and divorce;
  • custody and access;
  • child or spousal support;
  • income security;
  • housing;
  • employment;
  • money and debt;
  • human rights;
  • consumer issues; or
  • wills and estates.

Our advice may include providing you with information about your rights, obligations and legal options and advice about your own situation. We may be able to help with negotiations, review agreements, prepare court forms and other documents and explain how to represent yourself in court. We also have resources specifically to help Aboriginal people with legal issues.

We do not provide advice for criminal matters, small claims court forms and filings and personal injury matters.

For issues that are unique to Aboriginal people, we will refer you to our Aboriginal community legal worker.

If you need advice in another area of law or in another region, we may be able to refer you to other advice services, such as the:

If you can’t afford a lawyer, we may refer you to a local pro bono clinic where lawyers volunteer free legal advice about family and civil law issues.