Family Lawyers Serving Burnaby

Burnaby sits in the middle of everything. It borders Vancouver on one side and the Tri-Cities on the other, and on any weekday its town centres and office parks fill with people who commute in from across the region. If you live or work in Burnaby and your marriage or common-law relationship is ending, SiLaw Group Family Lawyers can help. We are a small firm whose whole practice is family law and mediation. Our one office is at Suite 201, 3108 Croydon Drive in Surrey, and consultations run by video, phone, or in person. We will not pretend to have a Burnaby address. We built the practice so that not having one does not hold your file back.

Family Law That Fits Around a Burnaby Workday

Plenty of our Burnaby clients first reach us from work. A 30-minute video consultation fits into a lunch hour near Metrotown or Brentwood more easily than a cross-town drive ever could. From there, most of a family file is conversation and paperwork. Advice calls, financial disclosure, draft agreements and negotiation updates all move by video, phone and email, so the file keeps progressing between your shifts and meetings rather than waiting for them. When a step genuinely benefits from being face to face, such as a mediation session or signing a final agreement, you come to our Surrey office once or twice, not every week.

Help for Separating Couples in Burnaby

We advise and represent Burnaby residents through divorce, including uncontested divorce where you and your spouse already agree on the terms. We sort out parenting time and decision-making responsibility, child support and spousal support, and the division of family property and debt under BC law. We draft and review separation agreements so that what you agree to actually holds up. Sandy Sihota is an accredited family law mediator, arbitrator and parenting coordinator, which means mediation happens in-house rather than through a referral. For a plain-language map of the whole subject, start with our guide to family law issues in BC.

The Court Picture for Burnaby

Burnaby has no courthouse. The city does not appear on the Provincial Court of British Columbia's official list of court locations, and the province's courthouse directory shows no Burnaby building either. The courts sit on either side of the city instead. Vancouver hears Provincial Court family matters at Robson Square and Supreme Court of British Columbia matters at the Vancouver Law Courts. New Westminster has both levels under one roof at 651 Carnarvon Street. Which registry a Burnaby matter belongs in depends on the kind of case and your circumstances, and we confirm that at the first consultation. Most families never need the answer, because most separations resolve through negotiation or mediation before a court file is opened.

Advice in Punjabi as Well as English

We work in English and Punjabi. If Punjabi is the language your family speaks at home, the consultation, the advice and the documents can all be explained in it. Details are on our Punjabi services page.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I Deal with a Separation Without Taking Time off Work?

For the most part, yes. The working parts of a family file are discussions and documents, and both happen by video, phone and email around a Burnaby work schedule. In-person steps are few and planned in advance. A court date, if your matter ever needs one, is the exception rather than the pattern.

Where Do Burnaby Family Matters Go to Court?

To a neighbouring city. Burnaby is not on the province's list of court locations, so a filing goes to a registry outside the city, in a neighbouring community such as Vancouver or New Westminster. The right registry depends on your matter, and sorting that out is part of the first conversation, not a problem you need to solve beforehand.

Is SiLaw Group Based in Burnaby?

No, and no page on this site will tell you otherwise. Our only office is at Suite 201, 3108 Croydon Drive in Surrey. Burnaby clients typically run most of their file by video and phone, then visit the office for the one or two meetings where it counts.

What Will It Cost to Get Started?

The first 30 minutes cost you nothing. After the free consultation, fees depend on what your situation actually needs, and we explain them before you commit. See pricing and fees for how we structure them.

Start with a Free Consultation

Thirty minutes, free, in English or Punjabi, by video, phone, or in person at our Surrey office. Call (778) 381-9977 or Book Now for a Free Consultation.

This page is legal information, not legal advice.