Family Law Resources
Family Law Overview
- Information on all areas of Family law and about the Family Court provided by the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General
Child Support
- Support calculator
- Family Responsibility Office (FRO) enforces child support orders
Legal Services
- Family Law Information Centre (FLIC) is a drop-in information and resource centre located on the first floor of the London Courthouse providing advice on family law issues, mediation services, and referral to Legal Aid Ontario
- Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO)
- Legal Aid Ontario provides legal assistance for low income people living in Ontario. Tel: 1-800-668-8258
- Ontario’s Family Law Limited Scope Services Project information about retaining a lawyer for a specific task or limited services
- JusticeNet is a not-for-profit service helping people in need of legal expertise, whose income is too high to access legal aid and too low to afford standard legal fees. Lawyers listed on the site offer reduced fees to qualified clients
Community Services
- Anova provides safe places, shelter, support, counselling, and resources for abused women, their children, and all oppressed individuals to find a new start. Tel: 519-642-3003 for general inquiries or Call 519-642-3000 for the Crisis & Support line
- City of London – Community Supports and Services
- Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Crisis Response Line 519-433-2023 or 1-866-933-2023
- London Abused Women’s Centre (LAWC) offers free counselling, advocacy and support to abused, prostituted, trafficked and harassed women and girls over the age of 12. Tel: 519-432-2204
- Middlesex- London Health Unit
- Daya Counselling Centre offers counselling services one-on-one, couples and families on issues such as abuse, bereavement, relationships/family, low self esteem, depression, anxiety, separation/divorce, life changes. Tel: 519-434-0077 Reception ext. 392
- Addiction Services of Thames Valley (ADSTV) offers free programs and counselling for addiction treatment for substance use including the HEARTSPACE program which is a specialized prevention, early identification, education, and treatment program for women who are pregnant, parenting and substance-involved and their children (prenatal – 6 years of age) Tel: 519-673-3242
Supervised Access Programs / Parenting Courses
- Merrymount Family Support and Crisis Centre offers parenting groups/classes, children’s groups, and respite care Tel: 519-434-6848 and has a supervised access program Tel: 519-858-9905