Everyday legal skills: signing contracts, resolving conflict, voting, and more explained.

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Age Based Rights

Basic Rights

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Youth in British Columbia reach significant milestones at different ages, granting them distinct legal rights and freedoms.

Legal Life Skills

Steps to building legal capability

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When you understand the law and know how to handle legal issues, you can make better decisions, avoid trouble, and resolve problems more easily.

When you understand the law and know how to handle legal issues, you can make better decisions, avoid trouble, and resolve problems more easily.

Legal Life Skills

How do I know I have a legal issue?

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A legal issue is a question or problem that is answered or resolved by the law. Legal issues are simpler, cheaper and less stressful when dealt with early.

A legal issue is a question or problem that is answered or resolved by the law. Legal issues are simpler, cheaper and less stressful when dealt with early.

Legal Life Skills

Which part of the government deals with what?

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Knowing which level of government does what shows you how decisions are made that affect you, so you can get involved and have a say in what happens.

Knowing which level of government does what shows you how decisions are made that affect you, so you can get involved and have a say in what happens.

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Can I sue or be sued if I’m under 19?

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If under 19, you cannot start or defend a lawsuit on your own.

If under 19, you cannot start or defend a lawsuit on your own.

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How can I find reliable legal info

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Laws can be complex and different depending on where you are, so getting info from the right source helps avoid confusion.

Laws can be complex and different depending on where you are, so getting info from the right source helps avoid confusion.

Consent to sexual activity with partners close in age

Read more about Consent to sexual activity with partners close in age

Consent to sex with partners close in age

Age 14 and 15: You can consent to sexual activity with someone no more than 5 years older as long as the older person is not in a position of authority or trust and there is no exploitation or dependency.

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