Sentences with phrase «certain family law proceedings»

The Court can deal with the bankruptcy of a party to a marriage or de facto relationship involved in certain family law proceedings.

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BC Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Bauman has approved in principle the Law Society's proposal that supervised paralegals be granted limited right of audience in certain matters in family law proceedinLaw Society's proposal that supervised paralegals be granted limited right of audience in certain matters in family law proceedinlaw proceedings.

The report includes the recommendation that all cases «concerning legal support for children should be brought back into the scope of civil legal aid» and that cases within certain criteria, including local authority involvement in private law family proceedings, should be covered (see p 28 of the report).

[3] Legal aid certificates began to be issued for a variety of proceedings, including serious criminal offences and family law matters, to applicants whose incomes fell at or below a certain level.

The Act lists a variety of proceedings in respect of which there is no limitation period (section 16): proceedings for declarations; proceedings to enforce court orders and other orders that are enforceable in the same way as court orders; proceedings under the Family Law Act relating to support; proceedings to enforce arbitration awards; proceedings by persons in possession of collateral to redeem or realize on it; proceedings arising from sexual assault in certain circumstances; proceedings to recover fines, taxes and penalties owing to the Crown; proceedings relating to claims by the Crown (or by a delivery agent under social welfare legislation) in various circumstances; proceedings to recover money owing in respect of certain student loans, awards and grants.

FAMILY LAW — CHILDREN — Best interests — Where both parents seek sole parental responsibility and for the child to live with them — Where the respondent mother believes the child would settle down and accept the arrangement if the court ordered for the child to spend no time with applicant father — Where the court has a statutory mandate to make parenting orders with the child's best interests as the paramount concern — Where there is little doubt that the child would benefit from having a meaningful relationship with both parents — Where the child's clear views that he does not want to spend time with the respondent mother should be given significant weight in the circumstances — Where the child is of an age, maturity and intelligence to have principally formed his own rationally based views — Where the court is satisfied that it is in the child's best interests for the presumption of equal shared parental responsibility to be rebutted — Where the respondent father is to have sole parental responsibility and the child is to live with him — Where the applicant mother is permitted to attend certain school and sporting events of the child — Where the child should be able to instigate contact with the respondent mother as he considers appropriate to his needs and circumstances — Where the orders made are least likely to lead to the institution of further proceedings in relation to the child — Where the child is to have the outcome of these proceedings, the effect of the orders and the reasons for judgment explained to him by an expert as soon as reasonably practical.

The material presented on PAS in the legal arena is devoted to what attorneys and judges have to say about PAS, which can be a key issue in certain depend ency and criminal proceedings, as well as in family law court.