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BC Family Law Case Law Updates. Chapter 4: Guardianship (Oct 2019)

[10:51] Lawyer Agnes Huang (Saltwater Law) discusses case law on guardianship issues. For community workers and advocates. Part 4 of 8. Topics include:

  • FLA 39(3)c: a parent can become a guardian when they regularly care for a child
  • Establish a parent regularly cares for the child for them to presumed to be guardian
  • Informal parenting arrangements and implications for guardianship
  • Cannot make unilateral changes to informal parenting arrangements once they are part of child's routine
  • Informal parenting arrangements and relocating
  • Testamentary guardians, naming guardians in your will

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Credits: Presentation by Agnes Huang, Saltwater Law. Filmed and edited by Paul Donovan, Focus Audio Visual Services Ltd. Production and publication coordinated by Kate Murray, Bridget Greenwood, Baljinder Gill, Ella Droko, and Brian Goncalves, Legal Aid BC. Thumbnail design by Caitlin Kuo and Brian Goncalves, Legal Aid BC.

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