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The provincial government of British Columbia is currently proposing changes in their laws governing divorce, legal separation and child custody. The proposed changes supposedly encourages people to resolve issues using out-of-court settlements instead of through costly court battles.
B.C. Attorney General Mike de Jong announced that people who are filing cases in court regarding divorce, legal separation, and other related or resulting disputes such as property division, child custody and the like, should show that they first tried mediation or other forms of dispute resolution.
In an interview, de Jong also said that “Family law is built around a very adversarial model, and we think there is a better way, when a family changes or a relationship comes apart ... to resolve some of those issues than rushing off to court immediately."
These proposed changes result from a four-year review of the Family Relations Act, an act which has not been updated since its creation 32 years ago. The new Family Law is set to replace the Family Relations Act next year.
Among other changes in the new Family Law is the use of less adversarial legal terminologies, the promotion of broader options to legal resolution of family law disputes, among others.
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