Men's issues need to be put before the court and recognized by their significant others, mothers, children, and opposing counsel, who are all part of the equation when
involved in the family law system.
In considering the engagement of Indigenous
families in the family law system, there is a considerable body of work that deals with family dispute resolution services and how these services may best work to assist Indigenous people to resolve disputes without the involvement of the court system.
We had a bill ready to bring in; not that it was going to fix every
ill in the family law system and you need intense co-operation, collaboration with provinces to do it, but that was an area of law [where] I wish I had been able to bring forward some substantive change because we had the law drafted.
The Graduate Diploma of FDR qualification was created in response to significant
changes in the family law system and the creation of several new and extended services for families, including Family Relationship Centres.
Given the importance of such services in reducing the prospect of Indigenous people becoming involved in family law litigation, and the crucial role these services
play in the family law system, it is of the utmost importance that such services are demonstrably effective in providing dispute resolution services.
If you feel you need to be indemnified for excessive and unnecessary costs resulting from your spouse's post-separation misdeeds and court tactics, the Family Lawyers at the Vancouver office of MacLean Law are here to help analyze your potential claim for special costs as we help you to regain control over your case and
confidence in the family law system.
In an effort to improve the family justice process, the Winkler Institute for Dispute Resolution, located at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, collaborated with the Ministry of the Attorney General (MAG) to explore ways that technology can help support families that are
involved in the family law system.