Practice Portal: Family Law
If you practise family law, this is your guide to important information, tools and resources relevant to your practice. Contact us if you need help finding information.
Case Law
Electronic Case Law
Visit the Great Library or your county or district law library for free access to LexisNexis Quicklaw. Westlaw Canada is available in the Great Library.
LexisNexis Quicklaw: Family Law Cases 
- Start your research in the CED or the Canadian Abridgment
- Reports of Family Law: RFL-RPTS
- Canadian Family Case Law: CANFAM-CS
- Note up: KeyCite
- Westlaw Canada FamilySource
- A collection of case law, texts, precedents and news
Find out about other electronic resources available in the Great Library or your local county or district law library.
CLE
CLE Programs and Materials
Find Upcoming CLE Programs
Browse program listings from a variety of CLE providers:
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Browse Library Shelves
Find recent CLE materials from a variety of publishers:
Buy LSUC CLE Materials
Purchase your own copy of materials for entire Law Society CLE programs.
AccessCLE provides electronic access to the full text of Law Society CLE materials from 2004
- Enter your search terms.
- Select an article and preview the first three or four pages.
- Purchase to securely download the article to your computer within a matter of minutes.
Commentary
Frequently Used Texts
Build Your Own Library
Buy your own copy of the most recent Canadian family law texts:
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Find more resources from our extensive collection of Ontario family law texts:
The books listed here are excellent starting points for research on family law. All these sources are available in the Great Library and in some county and district law libraries. Click on a book title to view a catalogue record with a list of library locations where copies are held.
- Canadian Divorce Law and Practice (Westlaw Canada FamilySource) ed. by James C. MacDonald and Lee K. Ferrier [Great Library]
- Canadian Family Law by Julien D. Payne and Marilyn A. Payne
- Child Custody Law and Practice (Westlaw Canada FamilySource) by James G. McLeod [Great Library]
- Child Support Guidelines: Law and Practice by James C. MacDonald and Ann C. Wilton
- Cohabitation: The Law in Canada by Winifred H. Holland
- Enforcement
of Family Law Orders and Agreements: Law and Practice (Westlaw Canada FamilySource) by
Ann Wilton and Judy S. Miyauchi [Great Library ]
- Family Mediation, Arbitration and Collaborative Practice Handbook by Barbara Landau, Lorne Wolfson and Niki Landau
- Financial Principles of Family Law by Andrew Freedman
- Handling a Family Law Matter in Ontario by James C. Macdonald
- Law and Practice under the Family Law Act of Ontario (Westlaw Canada FamilySource) by
James C. MacDonald et al. [Great Library]
- Matrimonial Property Law in Canada ed. by James G. McLeod and Alfred A. Mamo
- Wilson on Children and the Law by Jeffery Wilson
Forms/Precedents
Selected Forms and Precedents
- O’Brien’s Encyclopedia of Forms
- Ontario
Family Law [Great
Library]
- Ontario
Court Forms [Great
Library]
- Domestic
Contracts: A Comprehensive Guide to Marriage, Cohabitation, and Separation Agreements in British Columbia and Ontario by
Hugh G. Stark and Kirstie J. MacLise (Westlaw Canada FamilySource) [Great Library]
- Handling a Family Law Matter in Ontario by James C. MacDonald
- Family Law Rules Forms (Ontario Court Services)
- Family Responsibility Office Forms (Ministry of Community and Social Services)
Current Awareness
Current Awareness Resources
Journals, Newsletters and Blogs
- CCH Canadian Canadian Family Law Matters
- Carswell Canadian Family Law Quarterly (Westlaw Canada FamilySource) [Great
Library]
- UBC Faculty of Law Canadian Journal of Family Law (QuickLaw) [Great
Library]
- Epstein and Madsen’s This Week in Family Law (Westlaw Canada FamilySource)
- Ontario Bar Association, Family Law Section
- Matrimonial Affairs
[Great
Library] - Carswell Money & Family Law
- Syrtash Family Law Netletter (QuickLaw)
Case Law and News Alerts
- Canada Law Book caseAlert: Family
- CCH Canadian Family Law News Tracker
- Create your own using custom alert services from:
- Westlaw Canada
- LexisNexis Quicklaw (PDF 275 KB)
Websites
- Department of Justice
- Child Support
- Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines
- The Supporting Families Experiencing Separation and Divorce Initiative
- Ministry of Attorney General
- Office of the Children's Lawyer (Ministry of the Attorney General)
- Ontario Bar Association – Family Law Section
- Ontario Association for Family Mediation
- Ontario Collaborative Law Federation
- Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines (Carol Rogerson)
Practice Tools
Practice Tools
Quick Links
- Find a colleague in the Law Society's Lawyer and Paralegal Directory
- Certified Specialists in Family Law
- More Law Society Practice Resources
- How-To Briefs: Family Law
- Family Proceedings at the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario
- Guide to Family Procedures in the Ontario Court of Justice
- Family Court Addresses & Family Mediation Services (Ontario)
- Ontario Family Law Practice by David M. Steinberg et al.
Quantum Services
- Resources for finding the range of awards in support and property division decisions:
- Canada Quantum Digest: Child Support
- Canada Quantum Digest: Spousal Support and Dependants' Relief
- Canada Quantum Digest: Matrimonial Property
- Canadian Divorce Law and Practice (Westlaw Canada FamilySource) [Great Library]
- Includes child and spousal support quantums section.
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