News in Family Law
Paying surrogates in Canada could present new problems for parents-to-be, experts say
Surrogacy is legal in Canada, but surrogates can't receive any sort of financial incentives or rewards beyond pay for basic expenses. That's not the case in the U.S., which has different rules.
Steps to Justice has a new and improved design
After extensive user testing, CLEO is pleased to announce a new and improved redesign of the Steps to Justice website.
Posted:
April 17, 2018
Article source:
CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario/Éducation juridique communautaire Ontario)
Indigenous, Black children over-represented in foster care and group homes, inquiry says
An Ontario Human Rights Commission report says underlying social issues involved in over-representation of the children are "multi-faceted" and "need a multi-pronged approach."
Changes to domestic violence law do not fix our broken system
Partners criminally charged with assaulting their spouses regularly avoid criminal prosecution, and are regularly offered the option of resolving their criminal cases with diversion.
March 12: Parental Alienation, Family Law, and Mothers: a discussion
When: Monday, March 12, 2018, 12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
Where: Online
This webinar is presented by Tamar Witelson, Legal Director at METRAC and Malerie Rose, Lawyer, Rose Family Law as part of the Family Law Education for Women (FLEW) project.
Posted:
March 02, 2018
Article source:
CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario/Éducation juridique communautaire Ontario)
Register today for an upcoming webinar: Parental Alienation, Family Law, and Mothers on March 12, 2018
Date:March 12, 2018
Time: 12:30pm to 1:45pm
This webinar is presented by Tamar Witelson, Legal Director at METRAC and Malerie Rose, Lawyer, Rose Family Law as part of the Family Law Education for Women (FLEW) project and hosted by CLEO.
Posted:
March 02, 2018
Article source:
CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario/Éducation juridique communautaire Ontario)
Survey on out-of-pocket costs of family law
This survey is part of a project of the Access to Justice Centre of Excellence at the University of Victoria, and is funded by the Law Foundation of Ontario.
Discredited hair-testing program harmed vulnerable families across Ontario: report
An independent commission tasked with examining the Motherisk hair-testing program says the child welfare system's reliance on the analysis was "manifestly unfair and harmful."
REMINDER - PLE Learning Exchange Community of Practice call - Thursday, March 1
When: Thursday, March 1, 2017, 12 noon - 1 p.m. EST
Where: On the phone
Chris Veldhoven, LGBTQ Community Program Coordinator with The LGBTQ Parenting Network, will talk about legal-information-related initiatives in the health promotion work of the Network.
Posted:
February 26, 2018
Article source:
CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario/Éducation juridique communautaire Ontario)
Sponsoring a foreign spouse to Canada: Reasonable Doubt
Anything but the most traditional of relationships often face scrutiny from immigration officers: NOW Magazine's Reasonable Doubt column.
