January 29, 2021
COVID-19 & Family Law: does the pandemic affect the ability of families to achieve resolution?
In this age of COVID-19, a change to the way that family law disputes are resolved is needed, more than ever.
It has now been almost one year since the pandemic turned our lives and the world as we know it upside down. For the first several months of lockdown, courts in Vancouver and other parts of B.C. were closed to all matters except for emergencies. Subsequently, the courts slowly began to open by holding hearings over the telephone. Courts are currently open but are still hearing almost all matters, except for trials, virtually or over the phone.
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