August 26, 2019
Modernizing the Child, Family and Community Service Act Project
Overview The Modernizing the Child, Family and Community Service Act Project has two dimensions: (1) a focused review of the Child, Family and Community Service Act to identify outdated provisions and operational incompatibilities and gaps within the statute itself and with legislation that intersects with this act; (2) comparative legal Read more…
February 20, 2019
Pension Division Review Project
Overview The Pension Division Review Project is dedicated to a review of part 6 of British Columbia’s Family Law Act. When a spousal relationship breaks down, the Family Law Act provides for the division of family property between the spouses. Pensions represent a particularly complex form of property to divide Read more…
May 30, 2017
Older Immigrant Women: Surviving Violence, Calling for Change
Overview In collaboration with Vancouver & Lower Mainland Multicultural Family Support Services Society, the CCEL has launched a new Older Women’s Dialogue Project tool development group for older immigrant women living in the Vancouver area who have survived violence or abuse. The Older Women’s Dialogue Project explores: What are the Read more…
August 18, 2022
Parentage committee starts discussion on surrogacy and independent legal advice
This month, the Parentage Law Reform Project Committee focused on two issues: surrogacy and independent legal advice. Should conception by sexual intercourse be permitted for traditional surrogacy? Section 29 of the Family Law Act governs surrogacy. Surrogacy is when a person carries a child for someone else. There are two Read more…
July 29, 2022
Parentage committee finishes discussion of donors and parentage
This month, the Parentage Law Reform Project Committee focused on donors and parentage. The Committee started this topic in the June meeting. Section 24: Should there be more flexibility around donors and parentage? Section 24 of the Family Law Act states that a donor is not automatically a parent by Read more…