Referrals - Family Law

Our clinic does not practice family law.  Below are links to other sources of information and advice in this area.

Legal Aid Ontario

 

Legal Aid offers certificates (to applicants who qualify financially) for certain types of family law matters.  Legal Aid will provide you with a list of lawyers in your area who accept these certificates.

 

Services provided by Legal Aid Ontario include:

  • Advice Lawyers - for family and criminal advice

  • Certificates - if you qualify, for representation on family, criminal or immigration law matters

  • Duty Counsel services are offered in most courts

Visit their Family Law page for more details.   Find a legal aid office in your area.  

 

If you do not have a legal aid office in your area, call Legal Aid toll-free at:

  • 1-800-668-8258   or  TTY (telephone device for the deaf): 1-866-641-8867

and ask to speak to a Client Service Representative.  You can apply for a legal aid certificate over the phone.  This number also provides telephone advice from an advice lawyer on family law.

 

View our Tip sheet for Family Law Lawyers Assisting Clients on Social Assistance (2 pgs) - March 2008

 


 

Family Law Information Centres (FLIC)

 

Legal Aid provides an advice lawyer at your local Family Law Information Centre (FLIC) to answer questions specifically about family law and review your legal documents. 

 

Belleville FLIC:  Century Place, 199 Front Street West.  Every Friday from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm 

Napanee FLIC:  Court House, 41 Dundas Street West.  Every Wednesday and Friday from 10:00 am - 12:30 pm

 

For more information about FLIC, visit the Ministry of the Attorney General's site.

 


 

Family Law Education for Women (FLEW)

 

Family Law Education for Women (FLEW) - a coalition of organisations working together to increase women's knowledge of their rights under Canadian and Ontario family law.  Their website has legal information on a variety of family law topics in 11 languages, including ASL.

 

For more information please contact:

 

    Lisa Cirillo, Legal and Project Coordinator
    Family Law Education for Women (FLEW)
    c/o YWCA Toronto  80 Woodlawn Ave E. 
    Toronto,  ON  M4T 1C1

    Tel: 416-961-8101 ext 317  •   Fax: 416-961-7739  •  Email

 


 

Ministry of Attorney General

 

Family Justice page - provides links to information about:

as well as online publications such as "What You Should Know About Family Law in Ontario", "A Guide to Procedures in Family Court" and "A Guide to Family Procedures in the Ontario Court of Justice."

 


 

Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) and CLEONet

 

CLEO - pamphlets on family law are available online

 

CLEONet - visit their family law section for information on all areas of family law.

 


 

Latest Family Law Resources on CLEONet

 

 

Other help, in the following areas:

Where Else to Go For Help chart (PDF) - referrals for a wide variety of matters

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