If you can`t afford a lawyer, you may be eligible for legal aid from Legal Aid Ontario, which serves low-income Ontarians. For most services, a client must be financially eligible. Legal Aid Ontario offers a range of family law services, including public defenders and counsellors, a family law service centre and, if applicable, a certificate to hire a lawyer. For more information on the services available, call 1-800-668-8258 or online at: The FLICC helps meet the individual needs of clients, particularly clients who are not represented by a lawyer and are entering the family court system for the first time. In the FLIC, there is an Information Coordinator and a Referral Coordinator to help you find and connect with the services you are looking for in your community. Lawyers who provide summary legal advice are also available from the FLIC. Matters relating to the legal profession fall under the jurisdiction of the Law Society of Upper Canada. If you are concerned about a lawyer`s behavior, you can call: 416-947-3315 or 1-800-668-7380 or go online: www.lsuc.on.ca/with.aspx?id=644 The Family Law Education for Women website is a public legal education project funded by the Ontario government to help women understand their family rights. The website offers a variety of online publications designed to address the unique needs and vulnerabilities of women new to Canada (including immigrant, refugee and non-status women) and can be found at: www.onefamilylaw.ca Community Legal Assistance Sarnia offers free legal advice to low-income people in Sarnia-Lambton, Aamjiwnaang, Bkejwanong (Walpole Island) and Kettle and Stony Point. Legal Line is a federal nonprofit organization that provides free, easy-to-understand legal information on more than 2,100 topics covering 48 major areas of law.
The information covers federal, provincial and territorial legislation and is available in 107 languages. Those who need additional help are referred to experts – lawyers, paralegals, government agencies and other professionals. For more information, see Legalline.ca CLEO is an online resource project dedicated to providing legal information to help understand legal rights. For more information, see: www.cleo.on.ca or www.stepstojustice.ca If you wish to hire a lawyer, you can contact the legal placement service operated by the Law Society. The service will provide you with the name of a lawyer in your area who practices family law. This lawyer will provide you with half an hour of free consultation. The intermediary service has become an online service. For an instant reference, visit: www.findlegalhelp.ca DAWN Canada is a community outreach program dedicated to advancing the equality rights of women with disabilities. The DAWN website contains a variety of educational and informational materials. For more information, please visit: www.dawncanada.net www.aamjiwnaang.ca/employment-and-training/ lawyers within the firm represent children in various areas of law, including custody and contact disputes, child protection proceedings, and civil litigation. Clinical investigators prepare reports for the court in custody and contact proceedings and can assist lawyers representing children in such cases. For more information on the services of the Office of the Children`s Advocate, call (416) 314-8000 or search online at www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/about/artcl/fjsd_ocl.php.
Free online child and spousal support calculator. Also provides useful information on support and other family law issues, as well as a searchable list of family law professionals in your area. www.mysupportcalculator.ca You can get and complete many of the court forms you need in a family law matter on the Ontario Court Forms website. The website contains the Ontario Court Forms Assistant, an online tool that helps you complete six of the most commonly used family forms. You can access all forms and auxiliary tools at the following address: www.ontariocourtforms.on.ca For registration, customer services and other services, please contact us at 519-332-8055 or 1-888-916-2527. goodwillindustries.ca/goodwill-career-centre/ Building 1030 – 1086 Modeland Road, 2nd Floor Sarnia, Ontario. 201 Front Street North, Suite 407 Sarnia (N7T7T9) Instructions for use Please take a moment to inform us of our mandatory information program: www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/family/info information about separation and divorce, support, custody, access, family mediation and court proceedings can be found on the Attorney General`s website.