September 29, 2021
Orders declaring parentage and role of best interests of the child taken up at September parentage committee meetings
BCLI’s Parentage Law Reform Project Committee held two meetings in September. Both meetings continued the committee’s focus on section 31 of the Family Law Act, which gives the court authority to make orders declaring parentage. While such orders aren’t required in British Columbia (in contrast to other provinces, which often have legislation Read more…
August 31, 2021
Parentage project committee continues its review of court declarations of parentage
At this month’s meeting of BCLI’s Parentage Law Reform Project Committee the committee continued its review of section 31 of the Family Law Act, which deals with the court’s powers to make an order declaring parentage. Since section 31 came into force, it has been the focus of many court decisions Read more…
July 29, 2021
Parentage project committee considers court declarations of parentage
BCLI’s Parentage Law Reform Project Committee has been meeting monthly over the course of this year. At its most recent meeting—held in July 2021—it completed its overview of the legal, medical, and social dimensions of parentage, by examining processes for surrogacy, donors, and multi-parent families. In the meeting, the committee also Read more…
July 28, 2021
A closer look at the Report on Modernizing the Child, Family and Community Service Act: Disclosure
This post is part of a series highlighting recommendations in the Report on Modernizing the Child, Family and Community Service Act. For other posts in the series click here. Should section 64 of the Child, Family and Community Service Act be amended to conform with case-law stipulations on what a Read more…
July 14, 2021
A closer look at the Report on Modernizing the Child, Family and Community Service Act: Consent orders
This post is part of a series highlighting recommendations in the Report on Modernizing the Child, Family and Community Service Act. For other posts in the series click here. Should section 60 of the Child, Family and Community Service Act be amended to enable the court to dispense with the Read more…