The Family Mediation Group has a interesting process and data showing what families and the community want for better family dispute resolution. To support the Durham Family Mediation Resource Centre and for more information contact Laura Catone-Tarcea. (laura@fmrcentre.ca)
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The ENC is a 90 minute informational meeting unique to your family’s needs (i.e., you can ask any questions you like in the meeting and ranges of options for the law and process are discussed, as well as contacts to professionals who can help with anything you cannot agree between yourselves, and contacts to who … [Read more…]
Building a Brighter Future with a Better Approach for Separating Families and Children This is the title of a project the Legal Innovation Zone at Ryerson University (under the leadership and guidance of Chris Bentley and Hersh Perlis) has been conducting over the past 5 months. It is an exciting community collaboration to build a … [Read more…]
Family Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario (FDRIO) and local FDR professionals around the province are presenting Ontario’s First FDR Week (Nov 23 – Nov 27, 2015). See www.fdrio.ca and www.fdrweek.ca for more details
Since September 2013 a new entry point process of Early Neutral Consultation (ENC), invented in Canada, has been available for families to start the process of dispute resolution on the right pathway, in the best interests of families and children, and to stay out-of-court. The process of Early Neutral Consultation started first in Barrie, Ontario … [Read more…]
This is a pilot project we have created for Canadian governments, provincial and federal, to give them some inspiration to help families going through separation and divorce. Family law reform is in the best interest of families and children. Information will help families with Access to Justice. Neutral Lawyers, Counsellors and Mediators provide a safe entry … [Read more…]
“Coaching” is a fast growing field of practice in family dispute resolution. Families may seek coaching together (i.e., neutral coaching) or separately (individual coaching). Coaching is a process of facilitating informational, motivational, emotion and process options for families. Coaching is expert-based, and many coaches also have interest-based training (such as mediation and/or collaborative practice … [Read more…]
This article below is Jo-Anne Fiore’s straight-forward explanation of how to optimise the processes of Early Neutral Consultation for your family’s unique circumstances. Jo-Anne Fiore is an experienced financial divorce specialist and mediator. When two people make that decision to separate and go their own way, the immediate reaction is to run to a lawyer. … [Read more…]