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Learning and Knowledge Exchanges > Why Can’t Everyone Just Get Along: How BC’s Family Law System Puts Survivors In Danger

Why Can’t Everyone Just Get Along: How BC’s Family Law System Puts Survivors In Danger

Haley Hrymak & Kim Hawkins I Rise Women’s Legal Centre

This report bears witness to the family violence that women in BC have continued to experience since the Family Law Act came into effect in 2013. Across the province we heard story after story about a legal system that is not designed to recognize the pervasiveness of family violence, nor to meaningfully assess and respond to the risks of future violence.

Download this report from Rise Women’s Legal Centre
Author / Publisher: Rise Women’s Legal Centre
Categories: Family Violence | Intimate Partner Violence | Legal Resources (Criminal, Family, Immigration)
Language(s): English
Year(s) Published: 2021
Accessibility Format(s): Machine-Readable Text
Type of Resource: Reports