Introduction
About this guide
This guide is for you if you have a family agreement dealing with parenting, support, and/or property and debt, and:
- the agreement is, or will be, filed in Supreme Court,
- you want to set aside (cancel) or replace all or part of the agreement and get a new court order, and
- you can't agree with the other person.
This includes the parts of the agreement to do with:
- guardianship,
- parenting time,
- allocation of parental responsibilities,
- contact with a child,
- parenting coordinators,
- spousal support, and
- child support.
Please read through all of this guide before you begin so that you understand the documents and forms you need to prepare and what you can expect in court.
You can’t use this guide to set aside only the part of an agreement that is about dividing property and/or debt. For that, you have to fill out and file a Notice of Family Claim (Form F3). See our step-by step guide Start a family law case to get a new order in Supreme Court.
Get legal help
It's a good idea to get some legal help before you use this guide. If you can't afford a lawyer, you can get legal help in other ways, including:
- Lawyer Referral Service
- free (pro bono) legal clinics
- family duty counsel
- family advice lawyers
- family justice counsellors
Staff at Justice Access Centres in Abbotsford, Nanaimo, Surrey, Victoria, and Vancouver can also answer your questions and help you fill out forms.
For information about legal aid, see the Legal Aid BC website.
At any stage of the proceedings — even during a trial — you can make an agreement with the other person and have a judge make a consent order in court covering what you both agree upon.
Updated on 27 January 2021