Family law intake · Kalsi Law

About you

Is there an immediate safety concern for you or a child?

If there is, phone the police, or VictimLink BC, which is free and open at any hour, before you do anything else on this page. We will read this first and treat it accordingly.

YesNo

First name

Full legal names, exactly as they appear on government identification. No initials.

Middle name

Last name

Other names you use or have used

The city you live in

Phone

Email

Date of birth

Is it safe to phone you, and to leave a message?

If it is not, tell us how to reach you instead in the notes at the end.

YesNo

The other party

Their full name, first, so we can check that the firm has never acted for them. That check has to happen before anything else does.

Their first name

Full legal names, exactly as they appear on government identification. No initials.

Their middle name

Their last name

Other names they use or have used

The city they live in

Your relationship

MarriedLived together, not marriedNever lived together

Only if it applies to you.

When you started living together

A rough date is fine.

Only if it applies to you.

Date of the marriage

Only if it applies to you.

Date you separated

The day one of you decided the relationship was over and made that known. If it is unclear or disputed, give your date and say so in the notes. A limitation period runs from it, so it is not a detail.

Only if it applies to you.

Are you still living under the same roof?

YesNo

Do they have a lawyer?

YesNoI am not sure

Only if it applies to you.

Their lawyer's name

Children

Are there children of the relationship?

Including stepchildren either of you has supported.

YesNo

Only if it applies to you.

How many?

More than four: list the rest in the notes at the end.

One childTwo childrenThree childrenFour children

Child 1

Fill in as many as apply and leave the rest blank.

First name

Date of birth

Lives mainly with

MeThe other partyBoth of us, on a scheduleSomeone else

Child 2

First name

Date of birth

Lives mainly with

MeThe other partyBoth of us, on a scheduleSomeone else

Child 3

First name

Date of birth

Lives mainly with

MeThe other partyBoth of us, on a scheduleSomeone else

Child 4

First name

Date of birth

Lives mainly with

MeThe other partyBoth of us, on a scheduleSomeone else

What needs to be resolved

Tick everything that applies

Parenting: where the children live and how decisions are madeChild supportSpousal supportDividing property and debtA separation agreementReviewing an agreement the other side has draftedA cohabitation or marriage agreement, before or during a relationshipA divorceI am not sure yet

Only if it applies to you.

The parenting arrangement as it actually runs now

Who the children are with on which days, since you separated. What has actually been happening matters more to a court than what either of you proposes.

Has either of you started a court proceeding?

YesNoI am not sure

Only if it applies to you.

Which court, which registry, and any date already set

How would you prefer to resolve it?

Most files resolve without a trial. This tells us where to start, not where it ends.

Anything that cannot wait

Accounts being emptied, a home being listed, a child being withheld, a move being planned. There are interim steps for each and they are quick.

Answer this section if property or debt has to be divided, or an agreement is being drafted or reviewed.

Property and debt

Categories, and rough values where you know them. Statements come later, as part of the financial disclosure every family file requires.

The family home is

OwnedRentedSomething else

Only if it applies to you.

Whose name is on title?

Both of usMineThe other party'sI am not sure

Only if it applies to you.

Who is living in it now?

MeThe other partyBoth of usNeither of us

Tick anything else either of you has

Anything about the property that we should know now

Property brought into the relationship, and some gifts and inheritances, can be excluded from division, but the exclusion has to be proved with records. If that applies to you, say so early.

Reaching you

How you would rather be contacted, who to thank for sending you, and anything the questions above did not cover.

How would you rather be contacted?

PhoneEmailEither

Only if it applies to you.

Who should we thank?

Optional, and the only reason we ask is so we can.

Anything else we should know

Anything the questions above did not cover, and how to reach you if it is not safe to phone. Take your time.

Before you send it

I confirm that what I have entered is accurate as far as I know, and I understand that the firm will use it to open my file, run the conflict and identification checks the Law Society requires, and contact me to proceed. Submitting this does not by itself create a solicitor-client relationship, and nothing here is legal advice.