Our Services

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FCCR offers a variety of services catered to partners or spouses who are calling it quits. This includes information and options on how to settle their disputes. Our services specifically work with parents, grandparents and guardians battling over child custody.

We have services to suit every situation. Please read below to explore the diverse list of services that we offer. Want to take action? Book a consultation for a customized package of our services now.

Alternate Dispute Resolution

  • Alternate dispute resolution or ADR means any procedure, agreed to by the parties of a dispute, in which they use the services of a neutral party to assist them in reaching agreement and avoiding litigation. Mediation and arbitration are prime examples of alternate dispute resolution.

Mediation

  • Family mediation is a way of helping people resolve issues relating to their separation. The mediator will facilitate direct discussions among the parties to help them create a mutually acceptable Agreement including issues pertaining to parenting, division of property and spousal/child support.

    All of our mediators are Accredited Family Mediators through The Ontario Association for Family Mediation.

Negotiation

  • Negotiation is a dialogue between two or more people or parties to reach the desired outcome regarding one or more issues of conflict. It is an interaction between entities who aspire to agree on matters of mutual interest. The agreement can be beneficial for all or some of the parties involved.

Divorce

  • Divorce is the legal end to a marriage. You have to apply to the court to become divorced. In Canada, divorce is only determined on the grounds of ‘marital breakdown.’ There are three ways to show that your marriage has broken down including 1) Living separate and apart for at least one year 2) Adultery and 3) Cruelty (physical or mental). The majority of divorces are filed based on one year’s separation.

Seperation Agreements

  • A Separation Agreement is a legally binding contract created between two spouses, at the time of their separation. The Agreement establishes the details of the separation including who will live in the family home, how property will be divided, who will pay the family debts, who will make child and spousal support payments, where the children will reside and who will make the important decisions for the child.

Parenting Plans

  • A Parenting Plan is a comprehensive document that outlines how you will co-parent your children after you separate. The Plan is personalized to fit the needs of your family situation. It may contain details about residential schedules, holidays, parenting arrangements, education, extracurricular activities, healthcare, travel and parental communication.

    Creating a Plan can help reduce conflict, promote stability and clarify uncertainty. It also establishes basic ground rules and protocols for any future changes you may wish to make to the plan.

Self-Representation

  • Self-represented litigants are persons who appear in court without representation from a lawyer.

    We can provide you with the tools you need to represent yourself.

Out of Court Settlement

  • An out of court settlement is a resolution between disputing parties about a legal case, reached either before or after court action begins, and conducted outside of litigation.

    We can facilitate such a settlement through alternate dispute resolution.

Child Custody Issues

  • Child custody is the control, maintenance and care of a child. Generally, children have the right to have a relationship with both of their parents. However, when parents go through a divorce or separation, they have to decide who gets full custody of the child or shares it.

    We can help facilitate and decide child custody through alternate dispute resolution.

Court Papers Assistance

  • We can provide assistance and guidance for court papers required for your case.

Family Responsibility Office (FRO) Issues

  • Guidance in regards to issues with Ontario’s Family Responsibility Office.

Net Family Property

  • Division of property can be complex. When a couple separates the spouse with the higher value of assets usually pays an “equalization payment” to the spouse with the lower value of assets. Assets may include such things as your home, vehicles, bank accounts, investments, pensions and businesses. The equalization of property also calculates any debt you and your spouse may have, such as a mortgage, line of credit, credit card debt and loans.

    Our Mediators will help you avoid making costly financial mistakes in the equalization of your property.

Division of Assets

  • In Ontario, property acquired during a marriage must be split equally when a marriage ends for any reason.

    Our Mediators will help you avoid making costly financial mistakes in the equalization of your property.

Child Support

  • Every parent has a legal duty to financially support their dependent children. This is the case if the parents were married to each other, were living as common law partners, or have never lived together at all. Child support is meant to help with the living expenses of the child. This includes, but is not limited to: food, diapers, clothing, personal care items, school supplies and, generally, basic extracurricular activities.

    Our mediators can help you determine the monthly child support and additional special or extraordinary expenses, if applicable.

Relationship Mediation

  • Relationship mediation offers couples or partners who are experiencing problems within their relationship the opportunity to communicate and and work through their conflict.

    Relationship mediation is unlike counselling and doesn’t place focus on legal issues, and rather allows an experienced mediator to facilitate valuable communication between a couple.

Arbitration

  • Family arbitration is a way for you and your spouse to try and come to an agreement and decide on important matters like divorce, property and parenting time.

    Arbitration is a process where each person tells their side of the story to a neutral party (the arbitrator) and asks the arbitrator to decide. You and the other person must agree on what the arbitrator will decide on before arbitration begins.

    The arbitrator makes decisions based on the law. A decision from an arbitrator is called an award. Arbitration is less formal and more flexible than going to court.

    At FCCR, we offer binding and non-binding arbitration.

Spousal Support

  • Spousal Support is money paid by one spouse to the other after they separate or divorce. Many factors may affect whether a married or common-law spouse is entitled to spousal support and how much support they should receive.

    The calculation of Spousal Support can be extremely complex. Our experienced mediators can guide you through this process and provide information that may assist you in coming to a mutual agreement.

Counselling

  • We offer a variety of registered counselling services to individuals, couples, families and groups. Therapeutic counselling is a specialized service that addresses the psychosocial, emotional, behavioural, relational and mind health needs of individuals, couples and families. Therapeutic counselling services are informed by individual and family values and goals with an emphasis on growth, development and change.

Services to suit your situation.

Family Child Custody Resources aims to help you save money and learn how to resolve issues with spouses and partners without long, drawn-out and expensive court cases. We offer a variety of services to help settle all kinds of family disputes and keep you out of court! Book a consultation for a customized package of our services now.