Canada Family Law v. Gitxsan
What would you do if your daughter’s boyfriend took your grandchild, the one you have court-ordered guardianship over? Imagine that child being alienated, lost in a world where no amount of reasoning or court process could bring them back to their biological family. With the new Family Law Act, the biological family seems to have no rights. A stepfather can take a child and cut them off from their true family, claiming parentage without any bloodline connection. This is the reality we face. The abductor, the one the child has come to know as a parent, suddenly holds all the rights, while we, the biological family, are left powerless. From what I've seen in courtrooms in Vancouver and Terrace, this practice is rampant, even if the definition of 'parent' doesn’t align with what we know to be true. It’s happening now, and it feels like a storm is brewing. Even when I’ve had a lawyer, my arguments—backed by evidence—have not been enough to regain custody. Without privil...