Great resources about the family law process
Understanding How Family Law Works in Ontario
Understanding How Family Law Works in Ontario
Understanding How Family Law Works in Ontario
Community Legal Education Ontario has some great plain-language explanations here
https://www.cleo.on.ca/en/resources-and-publications/family-law
The Family Court Process
Understanding How Family Law Works in Ontario
Understanding How Family Law Works in Ontario
Steps to Justice walks you through the process, with buttons to click to understand more about each step
Child and Spousal Support Calculator
Understanding How Family Law Works in Ontario
Child and Spousal Support Calculator
Here is a free calculator. Remember that this does not consider some of the tax effects including benefits, so this is a ballpark of what your obligations and rights are.
Creating a Parenting Plan
Child and Spousal Support Calculator
Here are two great resources for making parenting plans
- A guide from the federal Department of Justice that can help you with some of the important things to consider for your family. https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/fl-df/parent/ppt-ecppp/form/form.html
- The "Parenting Plan Guide" from the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts Ontario is the reference that family law professionals and judges refer to when they make plans for children https://afccontario.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/AFCC-O-Parenting-Plan-Guide-Version-2.0-December-2021-.pdf
Handling High Conflict
We love Bill Eddy's BIFF technique (Brief, Informative, Friendly and Firm) for dealing with people who are looking for a fight when you are looking to be sensible! He has lots of other resources, but this is a good sampler.
