Preparation of clients in Durham Region

If you have a client living in Durham Region who may have been subjected to abuse in her relationship, please connect her with us.

We help women work effectively with lawyers. To accomplish this, we offer the following:

Emotional support and support to improve a woman’s coping skills to assist her in working effectively with her lawyer
Safety planning which facilitates requests for appropriate restraining orders
Compiling historical information and third party information to provide to the lawyer
Accompanying the woman to lawyer’s appointments to assist her in understanding what her lawyer has said and needs from her
Support for a woman to follow through on her lawyer’s requests
Assistance to a woman to cope with tactics used by her abusive spouse during the litigation process
Accompanying the woman to court for support
Assistance that may be requested by the woman’s lawyer (i.e. review of court documents)
Referrals to other needed community supports (i.e. housing, income support, etc)