July 23, 2008

Multilingual self-help guides on serving documents

New multilingual self-help guides on serving documents outside BC are now available on the Family Law in BC website (scroll down to "Quick links" on the right side of the screen). The guides were created to help prevent process errors for Affidavits for family law matters served by friends or relatives of BC residents on their spouses in other provinces or countries.

The BC Supreme Court Self-Information Centre found many of its visitors were frustrated that after they'd gone to the time, trouble, and expense of having the documents served and the Affidavit completed and sworn, they had to send the documents back again to be processed correctly. LSS created the guides in response to this need.

The guide is available in Chinese (traditional), English, Spanish, Punjabi, Tagalog, and Vietnamese. Russian and Farsi versions are nearing completion.

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