4.1 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
4.2 Promote consensual resolution
Develop and expand proactive management of family issues and more consensual approaches and services, maintaining a focus on safety
4.3 Innovate
Educate people about less adversarial approaches and experiment with new services and processes to create opportunities for consensus resolution
4.4 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
Progress in 2018
Family law continues to be a major focus of access to justice efforts in Canada. The majority of self-represented litigants in Canadian courts are dealing with the legal aspects of separation and divorce, or are managing the ongoing custody and financial arrangements between parents.
Legal clinics and public legal information services have long focused on helping people understand the processes, forms and options in family disputes. Family courts, lawyers and mediators continue to provide direct legal services while alternative approaches work to reduce conflicts or avoid legal disputes altogether. In addition to the specialized focus on judges and lawyers delivering these ongoing legal services, 2018 saw many new initiatives that strive to create more accessible paths to family law resolution.
Click here to learn about 2018 activities to advance Goal 4: Improve Family Justice
Read the whole report here: Working Toward Accessible Justice: Tracking Progress on the JDGs in 2018
Read the 2017 Report here: Tracking Action on Canada's JDG's
Organizations Advancing this Goal
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