For Your Protection

© 2022 Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Victim Services and Crime Prevention Division, and Legal Aid BC

Published on the traditional unceded territory of  the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories  of the xʷməθkʷəyəm (Musqueam), Sḵwxwú7mesh  (Squamish), and səlílwətaʔɬ/Selilwitulh  (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Editor: Judy Clarke
Designer: Danette Byatt
Development coordinator: Patricia Lim
Legal reviewer: Salima Samnani
Reviewers: Shannan Knutson, Mike Aubé, Kimberley McLean, Nicole Redekop, Rosana Cheng, and Rosalind Currie

This resource may not be commercially reproduced, but copying for other purposes, with credit, is encouraged.

Funding for the fifth edition was provided by the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General and Legal Aid BC.

For Your Protection: Peace Bonds and Family Law Protection Orders is a joint publication of the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General and Legal Aid BC (LABC), a non-profit organization that provides legal aid to British Columbians. LABC is separate from the BC government, its primary funder. It also receives grants from the Law Foundation and the Notary Foundation (of BC).

This resource explains the law in general. It isn’t intended to give you legal advice on your particular problem. Because each person’s case is different, you may need to get legal help. For Your Protection: Peace Bonds and Family Law Protection Orders is up to date as of April 2022.