Recommendations for the Family Justice System
Key recommendations of the New Justice System for Families and Children report include:
- Continuing to move away from adversarial approaches and moving more deliberately towards co-operative approaches to the resolution of family law disputes.
- Creation of Justice Services Centres offering information, needs assessments and referrals to other services.
- A dispute resolution session before taking a first contested step in a court process.
- Having lawyers help clients choose the most appropriate dispute resolution model and provide legal advice and services at all stages of a dispute.
- Simplified procedures for family law, including new court rules, less formal hearings and use of online forms.
- Subsidizing settlement systems rather than litigation.
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