What’s New

In March this year, the government made several important changes to family law procedures. There are more changes taking effect in August and September. The 2 main ones allow:

• judges to combine case and settlement conferences if separating partners have tried mediation and meet other conditions
• financial statements to be updated less often

This month's On the Radar looks at these changes.

June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. This month's On the Radar gives an overview of elder abuse and highlights some of the steps older adults and their families can take to protect their rights.

The fast pace of change to housing laws and processes at the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) continues into 2021. This month's On the Radar looks at 3 noteworthy changes:

• the end of the second eviction freeze
• a different video conferencing tool for the LTB's online hearings
• a new rule that forces people to accept the first rent-geared-to-income (RGI) unit they're offered

Steps to Justice's family law content and CLEO's Guided Pathways have been updated to reflect changes that took effect on March 1, 2021. The changes include:

• new and revised family law court forms
• a more detailed best interests of the child test
• a new definition of family violence that includes psychological and financial abuse
• replacing the terms custody and access with decision-making responsibility and parenting time
• requiring partners to think about using an alternative dispute resolution process or family dispute resolution process to resolve their issues out of court
• requiring a parent to give notice before relocating with their child where there is a court order about parenting

Steps in a Family Law Case and CLEO's family print series have also been updated.

This month's On the Radar (coming this week) will have more information about the changes.