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BIG changes are on the way for separating couples under a new Family Law Act that’s set to change the way family breakups are dealt with in British Columbia.
The new law recently received royal assent and is expected to come into force over the next year to year and a half.
But many couples aren’t waiting to find out what it means to them.
“A lot of family lawyers are getting calls about it,” said Nicole Garton, a lawyer who works on mediating family law cases in West Vancouver.
“I’m getting calls saying ‘Am I going to be better under the current legislation or the future legislation?’”
The changes – the first in more than 30 years – aim to make the court process less adversarial and deal with modern-day realities such as common-law and same-sex couples.
Read the full article “Changes to family law the first in 30+ years” online in the North Shore News, November 30th, 2011.