How are we reaching this goal?
Offer a broad range of services
Make family law services easier to find, including triage, early intervention, integrated and collaborative processes, parenting and financial services
Promote consensual resolution
Develop and expand proactive management of family issues and more consensual approaches and services, maintaining a focus on safety
Innovate
Educate people about less adversarial approaches and experiment with new services and processes to create opportunities for consensus resolution
Restructure family courts
Locate all of the aspects of family law in the same place, including separation, custody and access, and divorce, ideally under one judge
This year's progress
A large number of people face family breakdown without the help of a legal professional. As they navigate the mix of legal, financial, social and parenting conflicts, people experience spiraling health, wellbeing, economic and employment issues. The extent of the access to justice crisis in family law warrants immediate attention. The projects undertaken in 2017 are just some of the responses to that crisis.
Click here to learn about 2017 activities to advance Goal 4: Improve Family Justice
Read the whole report here: Tracking Action on Canada's JDG's
Projects Advancing this Goal
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CANADA-WIDE |
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Legal coaching for self-represented family litigants |
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Family Law Program |
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Successfully Parenting Apart: A Toolkit |
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ALBERTA |
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Discovery House sessions. |
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LegalAve |
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New model of family law services |
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Theory of Change, Lab approach and collaboration model |
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BRITISH COLUMBIA |
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Aboriginal Family Healing Court Conference pilot Comprehensive Child Support Service Family Justice Counsellors Family Justice Services through Technology Child Protection Mediation program Parenting After Separation sessions Child Support Solution Explorer |
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Parents Legal Centre from Vancouver to Surrey |
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Family Justice Pathfinder |
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Family Law Unbundling Toolkit |
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Roster of family law lawyers who offer unbundled legal services. |
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Family Order Pick List |
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MANITOBA |
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Self-help guide for people applying for an uncontested divorce. |
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Family Law clinic |
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Family Justice Resources Centre |
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New child protection model and accompanying rota changes. |
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Family Law Access Centre |
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NEW BRUNSWICK |
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Public Legal Education and Information Society –New Brunswick |
Family Law Handbook Monthly Family law workshops |
Service Public D’Education et D’Information Juridiques du Nouveau-Brunswick |
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR |
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Public Legal Information Association of Newfoundland and Labrador |
Publications and presentations on Family Law |
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NOVA SCOTIA |
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Department of Justice (Court Services)
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High Conflict Information Program Intake information sessions and the Parent Information Program Resource book to assist judges, lawyers, court staff and other professionals to effectively manage high conflict family law cases. |
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Guide to help those ineligible for Legal Aid to apply for state-funded counsel in their Child Protection appeals. |
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NORTHWEST TERRITORIES |
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A New Day program and curriculum to reduce family violence (for men) Respectful Relationships program in corrections |
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New family law duty counsel |
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ONTARIO |
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Potential of technology to support families involved in the family law system. Family Justice & Mental Health Social Lab |
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Global Family Justice Initiative |
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Bonkalo Report on Family Law Services |
Le Barreau et le ministère du Procureur général ontario
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Family Law for Young Parents |
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Re-Imagining Child Welfare Systems in Canada |
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PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND |
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Best Interests of the Children in Custody & Access courses |
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Children's Lawyer Supervised access and exchange sites |
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QUEBEC |
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Pro Bono Quebec |
Duty Counsel in the Superior Court Montreal |
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SASKATCHEWAN |
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Family Matters program |
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familylaw.plea.org with Form Wizard |
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