Because Life Goes On…Helping Children and Youth Live with Separation and Divorce

Produced by: Public Health Agency of Canada.

This publication is intended to reach out to Canadian families in need of information and resources to help their children to live through the process of separation and divorce. This booklet is also designed to assist professionals in such fields as social services, health, justice and education in their work with children and their parents.

Contact Legal Aid Ontario for more information.

Duty counsel can give immediate legal assistance to those who are financially eligible and appear in court without a lawyer. Services are available in most court locations in Ontario. Duty counsel can give advice, speak to the court on your behalf or help you negotiate a settlement.

Advice lawyers are available at designated times at Family Law Information Centres. An advice lawyer can give general legal information on family law matters free of charge. If you are financially eligible, the advice lawyer may be able to give you legal advice specific to your case.

Produced by: The Office of the Children’s Lawyer, Ministry of the Attorney General

This website provides information about private assessments: their purpose, who does them and what occurs.

More about What We Do website

Produced by: Office of the Children’s Lawyer, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General

This website explains what the Office of the Children’s Lawyer is, what it is and what its role is.

Family Mediation Canada (FMC)

FMC is an interdisciplinary association of professionals including mediators. FMC can provide referrals and help you locate a mediator.

Ontario Association of Family Mediators (OAFM)

The OAFM provides information about mediation and help finding a mediator.

Ontario Collaborative Law Federation (OCLF)

The OCLF website contains information about using collaborative law to help you settle family law disputes and find a lawyer who practices collaborative family law.

ADR Institute of Ontario, Inc.

The Institute provides information about mediation and arbitration and access to mediators and arbitrators in Ontario.

Family Arbitration website

Produced by: Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General

These pages on family arbitration include specific information both for arbitrators and for the general public about the operation of the law and practice of family arbitration in Ontario as they affect people who are engaged in family disputes and as they affect arbitrators of family disputes.