November 27, 2013
Strata Property Law – Phase Two
June 9, 2022
Supreme Court of Canada considers the significance of biological ties of parenthood in assessing the best interests of the child
In a decision released late last week, the Supreme Court of Canada commented on the diminishing significance of biological ties of parenthood in determining who a child’s guardian should be. B.J.T. v J.D., 2022 SCC 24, was a case with “a long, complicated history,” which the court summed up in Read more…
June 1, 2022
Parentage committee continues discussion of multiparent provisions for children conceived by sexual intercourse
BCLI’s Parentage Law Reform Project Committee held two meetings in May, focusing on continued discussion of whether multiparent configurations should be extended to conception by sexual intercourse. Discussion of this broad issue began in March 2022, and continued at the April 2022 meeting. Setting a number of permissible parents The Read more…
September 8, 2013
Older Women’s Dialogue Project
Law and social policy reform often moves forward in a way that ignores gender. This is true of the experiences of older women, which remain remarkably invisible from aging policy analysis. This project is a collaboration with West Coast LEAF. The Older Women’s Dialogue Project explores: What are the pressing Read more…
April 28, 2022
Parentage agreements the focus of April 2022 parentage committee meeting
At its March 2022 meeting, BCLI’s Parentage Law Reform Project Committee continued its review of the rules in part 3 of the Family Law Act that apply to parentage of children conceived by sexual intercourse, focusing in particular on whether legislation allowing multiple parents should be extended to cover children Read more…