Client Resources for Family Law & Divorce
Professionals
Carey Linde – Family Lawyer – Divorce for Men
www.divorce-for-men.com Carey Linde, family lawyer, pioneered the movement for equal time shared parenting in the courts of Canada. His practice is aimed at insuring children keep both parents meaningfully in their lives.
Dr. Derek Swain – BC Registered Psychologist #1006
www.drswainpsychologist.com Dr. Swain is a registered psychologist who provides counselling & psychotherapy to adults, couples, parents and teens. He is also a divorce coach child specialist, and parenting coordinator.
Ruth Shell – M.A., Registered Clinical Counsellor – Therapy & Counselling
www.ruthshell.com Ruth Shell is a registered clinical counsellor who provides therapy and counselling to individuals, couples and families. Ms. Shell has run her full-time, private practice in counselling in Vancouver since 1986.
Trisha Hiland – BC Registered Psychologist
http://trishahiland.com Trisha Hiland is a registered psychologist who provides counselling & psychotherapy to individuals and couples. Ms Hiland has been providing counselling services for over 26 years and specializes in relationship therapy, chemical dependency, and co-dependency.
Separation and Divorce Information
Department of Justice Canada, Supporting Families Initiative
British Columbia, Ministry of Attorney General
- Family Justice including information on:
- Basics of Family Law, Separation and Divorce, Child Support, Family Maintenance Enforcement Program, The Best Option for You
- Family Justice Centres
- Parenting After Separation
Courthouse Libraries BC
- Clicklaw
- Your Family – Family law
- Your legal system – Alternatives to Court, Guide to Mediation in British Columbia
Canadian Bar Association, British Columbia Branch
- Dial-A-Law – Family Law – Includes Simplified Chinese and Punjabi translations.
Free Child Support and Spousal Support Calculators in Canada
Includes helpful information about child and spousal support, and other family law issues.
- MySupportCalculator.ca
- Federal Child Support Amounts: Simplified Tables – Child Support Online Lookup
Canada Pension Plan Credit Splitting
Children and Parenting Responsibilities
- BC Parenting Coordinators Rosters Society
- Canadian Parents
- Divorcework.com (this site emphasizes parenting support and guidance and the needs of the children)
- Justice Education Society
- Parents – Programs & Resources for Parents, Parenting After Separation
- Quick Links – Family Law
- Leaps & Bounds Services
- Parent Education Network
- Proud To Parent: Protecting Children During Separation
- Rainbows International Grief Support Organization for Children
- Up To Parents: Protecting Children During Divorce
- While We Heal: Protecting Children from Marital Conflict
Health Professionals and Counselling
- Association of Service Providers for Employability and Career Training
- BC Play Therapy Association
- BC Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
- BC Association of Clinical Counsellors
- Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association
- Counselling Psychologists, Therapists and Counsellors Directory, Vancouver BC
- College of Physicians & Surgeons of British Columbia
Family Law Legislation
Family Relations Act and other British Columbia Acts and Regulations – Legal Links
- E-publishing queen’s printer – BC Laws – View Current Consolidated Statutes and Regulations
- Family Relations Act (BC)