News in Family Law
The price of DIY law is too high for everybody
Most people are in courtrooms at their worst times, especially in custody and access cases. Increasingly, even middle-class Canadians are without lawyers to help because the costs are too high.
September 6: Learn How to Resolve Your Child Custody and Access Issues
When: Wednesday, September 6, 2017, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Where: Fairview Branch, Toronto Public Library, 35 Fairview Mall Dr, North York, ON
The Ontario Bar Association invites you to a session on child custody and access, as family law lawyer Shmuel Stern sets out how family law works in Ontario.
Register for CLEO's Forum: Include, Inform, Inspire: Community Legal Information in 2017: Oct 26, 2017 (Toronto)
When: Thursday, October 26, 2017 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Where: Chestnut Conference Centre (Dundas St. W. and Chestnut St.) Toronto, Ontario
CLEO invites you to join us for a forum for community workers and others interested in public legal education and information (PLE or PLEI) that will take place in Toronto on Thursday, October 26, 2017. We will gather at the Chestnut Conference Centre (Dundas St. W. and Chestnut St.) from 10:00 – 4:00 to hone our PLEI skills, connect with new resources, and share strategies for helping our clients and communities. Ontario’s PLE Learning Exchange, a partnership of CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario) and OJEN (Ontario Justice Education Network), is hosting this event as part of Ontario’s Access to Justice week, supported by The Action Group on Access to Justice (TAG).
Posted:
August 30, 2017
Article source:
CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario/Éducation juridique communautaire Ontario)
New study suggests link between foster care system and youth homelessness
The study says Canada is creating a group of young people who are at higher risk of becoming homeless because they lack resources when coming out of foster care.
Harmony House given $400K to help fix family court
For the next three years the team will assess the state of family law across the country and will also be looking outside of Canada's borders for inspiration.
'Beautiful' Charter decision gives disabled adults right to child support
A Brampton mother has won the right to claim child support for her 22-year-old disabled son, thanks to a court ruling declaring the existing law unconstitutional.
Automne 2017: Groupes de soutien pour femmes francophones
SFC Ottawa offre deux groupes de soutien pour femmes francophones ayant vécu de la violence d'un partenaire et/ou d'un enfant adulte.
Ontario unveils blueprint to reform troubled group and foster care
Provincial residential care reforms aim to give children and youth the right services at the right time as close to home as possible.
Lawyer wins constitutional challenge in case involving support for disabled adults
An Ontario woman and her lawyer have succeeded in a constitutional challenge, obtaining child support for a disabled adult child of unmarried parents, who is not attending school full time.
New and Revised CLEO Publications - July 11, 2017
CLEO announces its new or updated resources. All CLEO resources are provided free of charge. For a complete list of CLEO's publications, please visit www.cleo.on.ca.
Posted:
July 11, 2017
Article source:
CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario/Éducation juridique communautaire Ontario)
