Simcoe Family Law
Family Law
We accept Legal Aid Ontario certificates for family law cases at all Simcoe-Muskoka family courts (Barrie, Orillia, Collingwood, Midland, Bracebridge). Family law cases involve issues such as decision-making responsibility, parenting time, child support, and/or spousal support. We do not accept Legal Aid Ontario certificates in property cases.
Child Protection Law
We accept Legal Aid Ontario certificates for child protection cases at all Simcoe-Muskoka family courts (Barrie, Orillia, Collingwood, Midland, Bracebridge). Child protection cases are those initiated against a parent or parents by Simcoe Muskoka Family Connexions or by Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag Child & Family Services.
Criminal Law / Youth Criminal Law
We accept Legal Aid Ontario certificates in criminal law cases (including youth criminal law cases) at all Simcoe-Muskoka criminal courts (Barrie, Orillia, Bradford, Collingwood, Midland, Bracebridge, Huntsville). We do not accept cases where a charge includes domestic violence due to providing legal services to a women’s shelter.
At this time, we are only accepting cases in Family Law, Child Protection Law, and Criminal Law, and only where clients have a Legal Aid Ontario certificate. The only exception is in Collaborative Family Law (see below).
Collaborative Family Law
We offer legal services in a special area of family law called Collaborative Family Law (also known as Collaborative Divorce). We do not require clients to have a Legal Aid Ontario certificate and we do not require a retainer (that is, a large financial deposit in advance) for Collaborative Family Law cases. We have made this exception for Collaborative Family Law because of its benefits as a process for our clients to address the legal and other issues from their separation in a respectful way.
To learn more about Collaborative Family Law, click on the button immediately below.
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