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Family Violence and Family Law: Supporting the Health of Survivors of Family Violence in Family Law Proceedings

In Part 1 of a series of AFCC-O webinars focused on Family Violence and Family Law issues, lawyer/mediator Archana Medhekar, Department of Justice lawyer Robin Tremblay, and Department of Justice researchers Cherami Wichmann and Bianca Stumpf will discuss parenting arrangements and family violence, the HELP Toolkit – with a focus on cultural safety and a trauma-informed approach, feedback on the use of the HELP Toolkit, including use by mediators, and new/upcoming research on family law projects (including Child Support and Family Violence).

This event is accredited for 1 hour 30 minutes of professionalism content.

Description de l’évènement: La pratique du droit de la famille et de la protection de l’enfance en français a évolué au cours des dernières années. Des nouveautés et des développements récents concernant les services en français et l’importance de notre langue et de la culture francophone continuent de façonner la pratique du droit dans ces deux domaines importants, partout au Canada.

Joignez-vous à nos panélistes distinguées pour discuter des points suivants:
·       Le plan parental de l’AFCC-O maintenant disponible en français
·       L’accès aux services en français devant les tribunaux familiaux dans les provinces et territoires canadiens
·       Les nombreux outils mis à la disponibilité des justiciables francophones impliqués dans un litige familial ou de
protection de l’enfance
·       La jurisprudence clé des dernières années touchant les justiciables francophones en matière de droit de la famille et de la protection de l’enfance

 Panélistes :
1.       Madame la Juge Julie Audet, Cour supérieure de justice de l’Ontario
2.       Me Vicky Ringuette, avocate, Vicky M. Ringuette

Date limite pour s’inscrire : La date limite pour s’inscrire est le mardi 28 mars 2023 à 17h.

Frais de participation
Membres de AFCC – Chapitre Ontario et de l’AJEFO : gratuit
Non-membres : 25$

This event qualifies for 1 hour, 30 minutes of substantive content.

Hear from counsel directly involved in this landmark case as they offer their insights and tips (including for draft orders) and they consider the potential implications for developments in the law.

This event qualifies for 1 hour, 30 minutes of substantive content.

We are pleased to welcome Maureen Bulbrook, Victims and Vulnerable Persons counsel from the Office of the Children’s Lawyer, for a presentation about Sec.90(2) Identification Orders and the importance of the FNIM identification, as well as the Act Respecting FNIM Children Youth and Families.

Discussion points will include:

• the need to make the finding asap,
• what efforts the court should expect of the CAS to help the families/child locate a FNIM community,
• the importance of the CAS to ensure paragraph 9 of their POC contains information as to how the CAS will keep the child connected or reconnect to the child’s FNIM community, and
• the requirement of a cultural safety plan.

This event was accredited for 1 hour EDI professionalism content. 

Child Custody Evaluations, Parental Responsibilities Evaluations, Best Interest Evaluations, Custody and Access Evaluations, Parenting Time Evaluations, or similar terms are used to describe important evaluations utilized in family law cases. Learn about the Parenting Plan Evaluation Guidelines and how they address the processes by which mental health professionals gather and evaluate relevant information about the family and formulate and communicate opinions that relate to the task of developing parenting plans and related court orders.

Learn from two Task force members how these Guidelines provide important practice guidance for this specialized type of forensic evaluation.

Guidelines for Parenting Plan Evaluations in Family Law Cases

Presenters:
Brian Burke, LLB
Andrea Jones, MSW, RSW

Deadline to Register: November 28th at 8:00 a.m.

Webinar access link and any handouts will be sent to registrants the day of the event. 

Expert Evidence: Effective Examination and Cross-Examination of a Mental Health Professional in a Relocation Case

Watch and learn from the dynamic duo of Julie Hannaford and Martha McCarthy and the experienced expert witness, Dan Ashbourne.  The process for having a mental health professional declared an expert will be reviewed and the strengths and weaknesses of the expert’s report will be critiqued throughout the mock trial.

Legal professionals will learn techniques to conduct an examination in chief and cross examination.

Mental health professionals will learn how to give evidence consistent with the scope of their expertise.

The Honourable Justice Heather McGee will preside to keep order in the Court!

This session will be held from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Registration deadline: October 10, 2022