
July 26, 2010
Aboriginal Legal Services: Gladue report training for Aboriginal advocates Introducing Beatrix Josephy: Prince George local agent Have you checked out LSS on Twitter yet? << go to main page	Lots of new material on the Family Law in BC website Effective July 1, 2010, new forms and processes apply to all civil and family law cases in Supreme Court. Since the new Supreme Court Family Rules simplify many family law court processes, LSS was able to update and simplify many of the self-help guides, fact sheets, and FAQ on the Family Law in BC website accordingly. We also created new materials. During the last week of June, we uploaded close to 200 new and revised pages and removed almost 600 pages from the Family Law in BC website. The new materials include: Five new self-help guides: How to get a copy of your marriage certificate How to fill out a Notice of Family Claim (Form F3) How to deal with a Judicial Case Conference How to get a final family order in Supreme Court if you agree How to serve Provincial Court documents One new guide to choosing the right self-help guide: Which guide should I choose? Is there a self-help guide for my situation? Three new fact sheets: Going to Supreme Court? Read this first! Old rules/New rules in Supreme Court Questions about the new Supreme Court Family Rules coming into effect July 1, 2010 Three new FAQ about the new Rules One new Sample completed Supreme Court forms page One new video about how to use the new Supreme Court forms The old Supreme Court child support guide and the Provincial Court support orders guide have been removed and are replaced by the guides listed under "Family orders" on the Self-help guides page. We've also removed the guide "How to deliver documents" and the fact sheet "The difference between serving and delivering documents" as they're no longer relevant. We removed all of the Supreme Court forms that used to be on our website and we now link directly to the PDF "smart forms" on the Attorney General’s Court Services Branch (CSB) website. These "smart forms" are the first step towards true e-filing: eventually, users will be able to fill in documents online and have the court registries extract information directly into the courts' case management system. We've developed a pilot of an ongoing series of videos to help users understand how to use the forms. In the months to come, we’ll develop more videos about the forms and add pop-up or hover text to each of the PDF forms on the CSB website to provide more detailed instructions to users on how to fill out the forms. Please e-mail us your comments on these videos and instructions, and let us know if you have questions about the new forms, so we can improve our materials as necessary. The Court forms page on the Family Law website has been updated to link to the new forms on the CSB website. The former Instructions for court forms page has been converted to a Sample completed Supreme Court forms page that provides links to sample completed forms on JP Boyd's Family Law Resource website. For more information and links to the new material, see the new fact sheet Going to Supreme Court? Read this first! Questions or comments on any of the new material? We'd love to hear them. Send the Family Law website project team an e-mail.
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July 26, 2010

Lots of new material on the Family Law in BC website

Effective July 1, 2010, new forms and processes apply to all civil and family law cases in Supreme Court.

Since the new Supreme Court Family Rules simplify many family law court processes, LSS was able to update and simplify many of the self-help guides, fact sheets, and FAQ on the Family Law in BC website accordingly. We also created new materials.

During the last week of June, we uploaded close to 200 new and revised pages and removed almost 600 pages from the Family Law in BC website. The new materials include:

Five new self-help guides:
- How to get a copy of your marriage certificate
- How to fill out a Notice of Family Claim (Form F3)
- How to deal with a Judicial Case Conference
- How to get a final family order in Supreme Court if you agree
- How to serve Provincial Court documents
One new guide to choosing the right self-help guide: Which guide should I choose? Is there a self-help guide for my situation?
Three new fact sheets:
- Going to Supreme Court? Read this first!
- Old rules/New rules in Supreme Court
- Questions about the new Supreme Court Family Rules coming into effect July 1, 2010
Three new FAQ about the new Rules
One new Sample completed Supreme Court forms page
One new video about how to use the new Supreme Court forms

The old Supreme Court child support guide and the Provincial Court support orders guide have been removed and are replaced by the guides listed under "Family orders" on the Self-help guides page. We've also removed the guide "How to deliver documents" and the fact sheet "The difference between serving and delivering documents" as they're no longer relevant.

We removed all of the Supreme Court forms that used to be on our website and we now link directly to the PDF "smart forms" on the Attorney General’s Court Services Branch (CSB) website. These "smart forms" are the first step towards true e-filing: eventually, users will be able to fill in documents online and have the court registries extract information directly into the courts' case management system.

We've developed a pilot of an ongoing series of videos to help users understand how to use the forms. In the months to come, we’ll develop more videos about the forms and add pop-up or hover text to each of the PDF forms on the CSB website to provide more detailed instructions to users on how to fill out the forms. Please e-mail us your comments on these videos and instructions, and let us know if you have questions about the new forms, so we can improve our materials as necessary.

The Court forms page on the Family Law website has been updated to link to the new forms on the CSB website. The former Instructions for court forms page has been converted to a Sample completed Supreme Court forms page that provides links to sample completed forms on JP Boyd's Family Law Resource website.

For more information and links to the new material, see the new fact sheet Going to Supreme Court? Read this first!

Questions or comments on any of the new material? We'd love to hear them. Send the Family Law website project team an e-mail.

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