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Online divorce related links
Government documents, reports, and background papers
The federal and provincial governments have extensive websites with information about divorce. The Department of Justice (Canada) website is www.canada.justice.gc.ca. Note: some materials about family law are accessed through the parliamentary website: www.parl.gc.ca
Government of Canada reports and documents:
- For the Sake of the Children (report of the Special Joint Parliamentary Committee on Child Custody and Access, December 1998), access through the parliamentary website www.parl.gc.ca (37 th Parliament, second session)
- Custody, Access and Child Support in Canada : Report on Federal-Provincial-Territorial Consultations, Fall 2001. Report on Youth Consultations (Appendix A in Report on Federal-Provincial-Territorial Consultations, Fall 2001), access through the Department of Justice (Canada) website, www.canada.justice.gc.ca. Appendix A contains the report on the youth consultation (16 pages).
- Minister of Justice’s report to parliament Children Come First; April 29, 2002 ; access through Department of Justice (Canada) website,www.canada.justice.gc.ca.
- A Child-Centred Family Justice Strategy, access through Department of Justice Press Release (December 2002), access throughwww.canada.justice.gc.ca.
Services and resources for residents of Ontario:
Child support guidelines:
Department
of Justice (Canada) website: www.canada.justice.gc.ca
Toll-free number to contact for information about the guidelines:
1-888-373-2222
The Law Society of Upper Canada:
The Law Society’s website www.lsuc.on.ca/news/a/fact/access-to-justice/?C=1219 contains information about a variety of legal resources including the Lawyer Referral Service (LRS), Volunteer Lawyers Service (VLS), Pro Bono Law, and legal aid.
Ministry of the Attorney General (Ontario):
The Ministry of Attorney General website www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca provides information about a number of family law issues including: Getting a Lawyer, Legal Aid, the Office of the Children’s Lawyer, Child Support, Family Justice, and Supervised Access. It is also possible to download forms for family court proceedings.
Community Legal Information Ontario:
CLEO is a community
legal clinic that produces clear language material for people with
low incomes. Main topics include social assistance, landlord and tenant
law, refugee and immigration law, workers' compensation, women's issues,
family law, employment insurance and human rights.
Website: www.cleo.on.ca
Legal Aid Ontario:
Legal aid is available to low income individuals and disadvantaged
communities for a variety of legal problems, including criminal matters,
family disputes, immigration and refugee hearings and poverty law issues
such as landlord/tenant disputes, disability support and family benefits
payments.
Website: www.legalaid.on.ca/
Family Responsibility Office (Province of Ontario):
The Family Responsibility Office (FRO) works under the authority of
the Family Responsibility and Support Arrears Enforcement Act, 1996.
Its role is to help support payments flow from payors (people who
make support payments) to recipients (people who receive them).
Website: www.children.gov.on.ca/CFCS/en/programs/SCS/FamilyResponsibilityOffice
