Series GR-0487 - Commission on Family and Children's Law, 1973

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Commission on Family and Children's Law, 1973

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GR-0487

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  • 1973-1975 (Creation)
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    British Columbia. Royal Commission on Family and Children's Law

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3.5 m of textual records; 1 sound recording

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(1973-1976)

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Established December 3, 1973 to inquire into and make recommendations with respect to: all aspects of family and children's law in force in B.C.; the administration of justice relative to such laws; and ancillary services to the courts in family law matters. Members of the Commission included: Justice Thomas R. Berger, Judge Ross Collver, Mish Vadasz, Rita MacDonald and Dr. Sydney Segal. It made numerous reports from 1974 through 1976.

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This series consists of the records of the Commission on Family and Children's Law, 1973. Records include minutes of meetings, resumes of public hearings, briefs, reports, working papers and correspondence. The records are organized into the following subseries:
I Minutes of meetings
II Public hearing files
III Unified Family Court
IV General Office Commission Files & General Office Commission Files
V Artificial Insemination Files
VI Adoption Working Group
VII Matrimonial Property
VIII Juvenile Justice
IX Maintenance Working Group
X Children's Working Group
XI Protection
XII Preparation for marriage
XIII Legitimacy
XIV Custody
XV Special Needs Of Special Children

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Transferred by Allison Burnet, Commission Secretary, 1976.

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These records are restricted. Contact the BC Archives for information about access. Please note that access to adoption records cannot be provided by the BC Archives. Adoption records must be requested from the BC Vital Statistics Agency as a Freedom of Information request or by submitting an ‘Application for Service Pertaining to an Adopted Person or Birth Parent’.

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Accession number(s): GR-0487; T3335

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