{"id":64596,"date":"2026-04-29T09:46:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/?post_type=post&#038;p=64596"},"modified":"2026-04-30T09:46:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T13:46:46","slug":"updated-information-on-torontos-domestic-violence-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/whats-new\/updated-information-on-torontos-domestic-violence-court","title":{"rendered":"Updated information on Toronto\u2019s domestic violence court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Steps to Justice has <a href=\"https:\/\/stepstojustice.ca\/questions\/family-law\/what-if-i-have-family-court-and-criminal-court-same-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">updated information<\/a> on Toronto&#8217;s Integrated Domestic Violence Court (IDVC). The court deals with family and criminal law cases that involve <a href=\"https:\/\/stepstojustice.ca\/questions\/family-law\/abuse-and-family-violence-how-do-i-know-im-in-an-abusive-situation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">partner abuse<\/a>. Both cases are heard by the same judge.<\/p>\n<p>But the IDVC does not hear all family law cases. It cannot hear cases that involve:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>divorce<\/li>\n<li>property division<\/li>\n<li>child protection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you do not live in Toronto, you have to go to family court for your family law issues and criminal court for criminal charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steps to Justice has <a href=\"https:\/\/stepstojustice.ca\/questions\/family-law\/what-if-i-have-family-court-and-criminal-court-same-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">updated information<\/a> on Toronto&#8217;s Integrated Domestic Violence Court (IDVC). The court deals with family and criminal law cases that involve <a href=\"https:\/\/stepstojustice.ca\/questions\/family-law\/abuse-and-family-violence-how-do-i-know-im-in-an-abusive-situation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">partner abuse<\/a>. Both cases are heard by the same judge.<br \/>\nBut the IDVC does not hear all family law cases. It cannot hear cases that involve:<\/p>\n<p>divorce<br \/>\nproperty division<br \/>\nchild protection<\/p>\n<p>If you do not live in Toronto,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1247],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-updates"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mira Poliszczuk","author_link":"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/author\/mira"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Updated information on Toronto\u2019s domestic violence court - CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario \/ \u00c9ducation juridique communautaire Ontario)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/whats-new\/updated-information-on-torontos-domestic-violence-court\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Updated information on Toronto\u2019s domestic violence court - CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario \/ \u00c9ducation juridique communautaire Ontario)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Steps to Justice has updated information on Toronto&#8217;s Integrated Domestic Violence Court (IDVC). 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