Family Law Research Guide

Format: Print; Lexis+
Location: PRAC
Type: Looseleaf – 6 releases a year
This looseleaf focuses on Ontario legislation, but has references to other Canadian and American legislation. It has chapters on child rights' advocacy: international law, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and parens patriae; decision-making responsibility and parenting time; the state and child protection; children and financial support; property and civil participation; the child and the courtroom; crimes by young persons; crimes against children; education; the child as immigrant; fertility law, assisted reproduction and alternative family building; Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; and adoption. The appendices include the texts of international instruments, tables of legislation, tables of judicial treatment, tables of international instruments, precedents for parenting arrangements and multi-directional decision-making responsibility orders, and charts on legal aid and union density.

Format: Print; ProView
Location: PRAC
Type: Looseleaf – 6 releases a year
This looseleaf is national in scope. It has chapters on definitions, constitutional considerations, jurisdiction, representation of the child, assessments, determining best interests, change in the place of residence and relocation in parenting cases, parenting orders, parenting time, contact orders, variation of parenting and contact orders, appeals, evidence, costs, enforcement of parenting orders, the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Abduction, alternative dispute resolution, family violence and the parenting practice and procedure of each common-law province. The appendices include new developments, proof of facts, checklists, sample clauses for domestic contracts on custody and access, issues in focus, selected legal literature, table of concordance and words and phrases.

Format: Print
Location: PRAC
Type: Monograph
This book has chapters on the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017; the evidence of children; the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and civil rights; custody, access and parenting, the Youth Criminal Justice Act, dealing with children and using force; school; child support; information, disclosure, assessments and the Chidlren's Lawyer. The appendices has a table of concordance.

Format: Print; Lexis+
Location: PRAC
Type: Monograph
This text reviews child protection law in Ontario. It has chapters on child protection history in Ontario; First Nations, Inuit and Métis children; the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017; voluntary services and out-of-court agreements; removal to a place of safety; parents, parties and participants in a protection proceeding; temporary care and custody hearings; children in need of protection; motions; access; disposition orders; evidence; summary judgment motions; the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; and the role of the Children's Lawyer.

Format: Print; Westlaw Texts and Annotations
Location: PRAC
Type: Looseleaf – Last updated November 2024, 9 releases a year
This looseleaf is national in scope. It is a reference guide to the law relating to child protection in the common-law jurisdictions in Canada. The chapters follows the sequence of a child protection case. It has chapters on legislative and common-law trends; jurisdiction; commencing the protection application; motions; protection application and the threshold finding; dispositions; variation and status review applications; evidence at trial; summary proceedings and agreements; access; and appeals. Each chapter is organized by jurisdiction. The appendices include checklist for child protection proceedings, procedural charts, full-text legislation, tables of concordance, and words and phrases.