LSHC staff cannot tell you the best way to proceed (legal advice). If you need legal advice, you should contact a lawyer. The Ontario Legal Information Centre offers 30 minutes of free consultation in English or French. You can talk to a lawyer on the phone or meet them in person at their office in Ottawa. Call 1-844-343-7462 or visit www.legalinfocentre.ca. The Legal Self-Help Center (LSHC) is an information centre for civil (non-criminal) legal and litigation issues in Ottawa County. Information and mediation coordinators do not provide legal advice. You will need to consult a lawyer for legal advice on a family law issue. The Legal Information Centre of Ontario offers a toll-free helpline for all Ontario residents. With this toll-free line, the Centre hopes to improve access to legal information services in both official languages and thus meet a real need throughout the province. CLEO`s Step-by-Step Justice website contains step-by-step information that can help you resolve family law issues.
The site also offers handy tools such as forms and checklists, as well as links to legal and social services where you can get help. Visit www.stepstojustice.ca. Ontario`s family courts have information about their case. Visit the Ontario Court of Justice website in www.ontariocourts.ca/ocj and search for Self-Representation at Your Family Law Trial – A Guide to the Family. Visit the Supreme Court website in www.ontariocourts.ca/scj and search for the Superior Court of Justice Case Guide. The Law Society of Ontario (LSO) offers a service that gives you the name of a lawyer in your area who you can talk to for free for 30 minutes. You can ask for a lawyer who speaks your language. Visit www.findlegalhelp.ca or call their hotline at 416-947-5255 or 1-855-947-5255 if you are unable to use their online service. The Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General provides advice and information on many family law issues. Visit www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/ family/guide/fc.
Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) has a phone line that you can call for up to 20 minutes of free general legal advice and information in different languages. Call 1-800-668-8258. Legal Aid of Western Michigan is a non-profit law firm that provides free legal advice and representation in a variety of areas, including consumer matters, family matters, housing matters, government benefits, and more. Information and referral coordinators are available to help you understand your family law needs and make referrals to the appropriate services. They provide information on: Family Law Information Centres (FLICs) exist in all family courts in Ontario. All ICFLCs have free family law brochures. Many also have staff called Information and Referral Coordinators who can provide you with general information and refer you to other services. To find a FLIC near you, find your local courthouse at www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/ english/family/infoctr.php. Based on information about the COVID-19 virus provided by health authorities, we are currently not meeting with anyone in person.
We have telephone meetings. Please call us and we will get back to you as soon as possible. Family Law Information Centres offer a variety of resources to help resolve family law issues, including: CLEO also offers a number of family law publications available online and in print. To order or view these publications online, visit www.family.cleo.on.ca. Find out about services and resources at Family Law Information Centres and find one near you. Legal Aid Ontario provides lawyers in public practice virtually and in person in courthouses to provide advice on family law matters. Become duty counsel: Members of the public can now call toll-free 1-844-343-7462 for a 30-minute meeting with a lawyer in any jurisdiction. With this new service, the centre hopes to expand its outreach activities and improve access to justice, regardless of income. CLEO has other resources to support family litigation: telephone interpretation in more than 200 languages. Call us, tell us your language and we will have an interpreter on the phone. Duty counsel are available on the day of your family trial and can help you in some cases when you appear before the judge. If you wish to deliver documents, please put them in the mail slot or slip them under the door.
The lawyers listed on the websites linked below are not pro bono lawyers. In most cases, if you decide to hire a lawyer, he or she will expect to be paid.
