This is the third in a 3-part series on women’s financial rights and responsibilities when a relationship ends. Part 1 looked at property division and Part 2 covered determining the date of separation. Whether you are married or living common-law…
Category: Frequently asked questions
Do I qualify for spousal support?
Posted in For service providers, For women, Frequently asked questions Tagged with: Family Responsibility Office, spousal support
How do I determine the date we separated?
This is the second in a 3-part series on women’s financial rights and responsibilities when a relationship ends. Part 1 looks at property division and Part 3 discusses spousal support. Determining the date of separation is not always easy. Some…
What should I do if a woman tells me she plans to violate the custody order because she has serious concerns for the safety of the child?
When facing legal and ethical challenges, there are a variety of strategies that will help service providers manage the situation. Here are some other situations that could raise similar legal and ethical challenges: A client or former client calls to…
What is financial abuse?
You may have been subjected to financial abuse during your relationship, and it may be continuing now that you have left. This kind of abuse is common, and can take many forms, including: Your partner controls the money and makes…
Posted in For service providers, For women, Frequently asked questions Tagged with: financial abuse, post separation violence
Are accommodations are available at family court for a woman who has PTSD?
The courts, like all government and public institutions and agencies, are required to comply with Ontario’s Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, which is intended to ensure that all people with disabilities have full and equal access to all public…
Posted in For service providers, Frequently asked questions Tagged with: accessibility, accommodation, disability, mental health, PTSD, trauma
How can I co-parent safely with an abusive ex-partner?
To maintain their control, abusers often seek shared custody of the children when the relationship ends. Today’s Parent interviewed Luke’s Place Legal Director, Pamela Cross, and other Canadian experts on ways to co-parent with an abusive-ex-partner. These include: Making a…
Posted in For women, Frequently asked questions, Luke's Place activities Tagged with: joint custody, shared decision making, shared parenting
What is the Hague Convention and how can it help if my ex-partner takes our children out of Canada?
The Hague Convention is a tool to assist in having children returned who have been wrongfully removed from one jurisdiction that has signed the Convention to another that has also signed it. It is an international treaty, the full name…
Posted in For service providers, For women, Frequently asked questions Tagged with: child abduction, Hague convention
How should I work with VWAP?
If you are a woman’s advocate who focuses on family law issues, it’s helpful to connect clients to your local Victim Witness Assistance Program (VWAP) if an abusive partner is facing criminal charges. Keep in mind that: VWAP workers are…
Posted in For service providers, Frequently asked questions Tagged with: criminal court, Victim Witness Assistance Program, VWAP
What is intersectionality and how does it impact my work?
Understanding intersectionality is important if we are to provide the best possible services to women. Especially for those of us from the dominant culture, learning about intersectionality, power, privilege and oppression is a lifelong process. What is intersectionality? The word…
Posted in For service providers, Frequently asked questions Tagged with: cultural identity, intersectionality, oppression, privilege, social identity
How can I manage the impact of calling CAS about a client’s children?
This is the second of two posts on reporting to child protection. The first explored your duty to report. The woman’s response A woman who learns that her children are under investigation by child welfare may have many different feelings.…
Posted in For service providers, Frequently asked questions Tagged with: CAS, child protection, child welfare, duty to report
