Happy New Year!
For a wide variety of reasons about which we will not post today, more and more people are representing themselves before Ontario's family courts.
We have found that many such "self-reps" or "SRLs" (self-represented litigants), as they are known to judges and lawyers, need help. The legal machinery can be overwhelming.
This blog was born from the idea that people out there need a bit more information about family law in Ontario. Since we began posting here, we have noted the ever-increasing numbers of self-reps and considered some of the difficulties they face when they appear before Courts without a lawyer.
While our ability to help you with substantive issues (actual legal concepts, "the law") is limited, we will try and help at least with some of the procedure, paper-work and so on.
We plan on doing so with a series of manuals which will be available to you in our Etsy shop - to be opened by the middle of January, at the latest.
PLEASE WATCH FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Topics for our manuals will include, for example:
1. How to complete an effective Financial Statement
2. How to complete an effective Application and Reply
3. How to complete an effective Answer
4. Pointers for filling out the Office of the Children's Lawyer questionnaire
5. Steps to take when changing child support.
For a wide variety of reasons about which we will not post today, more and more people are representing themselves before Ontario's family courts.
We have found that many such "self-reps" or "SRLs" (self-represented litigants), as they are known to judges and lawyers, need help. The legal machinery can be overwhelming.
This blog was born from the idea that people out there need a bit more information about family law in Ontario. Since we began posting here, we have noted the ever-increasing numbers of self-reps and considered some of the difficulties they face when they appear before Courts without a lawyer.
While our ability to help you with substantive issues (actual legal concepts, "the law") is limited, we will try and help at least with some of the procedure, paper-work and so on.
We plan on doing so with a series of manuals which will be available to you in our Etsy shop - to be opened by the middle of January, at the latest.
PLEASE WATCH FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Topics for our manuals will include, for example:
1. How to complete an effective Financial Statement
2. How to complete an effective Application and Reply
3. How to complete an effective Answer
4. Pointers for filling out the Office of the Children's Lawyer questionnaire
5. Steps to take when changing child support.
