Ministry of Justice
Family Law Act White Paper
The Ministry of Attorney General began a review of the Family Relations Act in 2006. Its goals were to modernize the law, support co-operative approaches to resolving family law disputes and create a statute that is easy to understand. The review began with research into family law reform underway in other jurisdictions, as well as recommendations for reform made by family law experts. In 2007, 14 papers on family law topics were published to this site for public consultation. A sample of representative responses to the consultation documents were collected and made available to the public in 2009.
The Civil Policy and Legislation Office of the Ministry of Attorney General has issued this white paper to provide the public opportunity to comment on the proposed new family law. Feedback from the white paper will be considered and used to finalize the new family law, which will be prepared as a bill for introduction.
Comments may be mailed, faxed or emailed to:
FAMILY LAW WHITE PAPER
Civil Policy and Legislation Office
Justice Services Branch
British Columbia Ministry of Attorney General
PO Box 9222 Stn Prov Govt
Victoria, British Columbia V8W 9J1
Facsimile: (250) 387-4525
Email: CPLOFamilyLaw@gov.bc.ca
This consultation ended Oct. 8, 2010.
