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Last updated October 24, 2025
An LAO settlement conference is a meeting where you and the other party (such as your ex-partner) can try to work out an agreement with help from a neutral legal professional called a facilitator. It is a way to resolve issues such as decision-making responsibility (custody), parenting time (access), child or spousal support and property…
Last updated January 11, 2023
If a child protection agency wants to put your child up for adoption and an access order is in place, you can take steps to try and stay in contact. An access order is a document that sets out when, where and how a parent or a caregiver can have contact with their child in…
Last updated January 13, 2023
Please call us at 1‑800‑668‑8258 to speak with a client representative who can learn more about your situation and discuss your eligibility. Your spouse may not be counted as a member of your family unit depending on the circumstances of your divorce, and your child may not be considered dependent if they are not primarily…
Last updated January 11, 2023
No. Minor parents are considered independent from the parental family unit because they will typically have an income of their own, either from employment or Ministry of Community and Support Services, child tax, etc., and they are the parent responsible for their child.
Last updated January 11, 2023
No. Aside from your spouse, other adults in your household do not count as members of your family unit.
Last updated January 11, 2023
Click here to download image. Open in new window Your family unit includes: You Your spouse (married, common-law, same-sex). A spouse is someone you: Are married to, or Live with in a common-law relationship (meaning you have lived together for three or more years, or you live together and have a biological/adopted child), or Live…
Last updated January 13, 2023
The number of family members in your family unit and the combined income of all members will affect your eligibility to receive legal aid. Please note that other factors will also affect your eligibility for legal aid (like whether you are experiencing domestic abuse and whether you own any assets).
Last updated July 18, 2023
What is service? What is serving documents? This is the process of giving a copy of the documents in your family case to the other party. What is personal service? It’s when the person who gives a copy of the documents does it in‑person and by hand-delivering a copy to the other party or their…
Last updated June 14, 2025
Child support is the amount of money that one parent pays to the other parent to help pay for the costs of caring for the child. Usually, the “payor parent” either spends less time with the children or, if they spend an equal amount of time with the children, makes more money. A parent can…
Last updated June 14, 2025
Parenting time (formerly access) is the right to visit—or be visited by—your children. It also means the right to get information on your child’s health, education and well being. People often get confused by decision-making responsibility (formerly custody) and parenting time. Decision-making responsibility is when you have the right to make decisions about how to…
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