In Ontario, a parent is automatically the guardian of person of his or her minor child. However, a parent is not automatically the guardian of property of  his or her minor child’s property. A parent can only receive and manage property on behalf of a child by law, court order, or other documents.
Minor children may [...]

As of March 1, 2010, amendment to certain sections under the Family Law Rules* come into effect. In particular, there are significant changes on Rule 6 regarding service of documents.
Rule 6 (1.1) has been added prohibiting persons under the age of 18 from servicing documents.
Rule 6 (4.1) has been added prohibiting the party from serving [...]

Under the recently amended Family Law Rules*, Form 35.1: Affidavit in Support of Claim for Custody or Access is required for claims of custody or access of minor children.
In this document, the affiant (the person who swears that the information contained is true) will have to provide information as follows:

aliases and other names ever used

children [...]

On March 1, 2010, sections of the Family Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009* come into force, amending various sections of the Children’s Law Reform Act, the Family Law Act, the Change of Name Act ,and the Vital Statistics Act.
Under the amended Family Law Act, for example, child support payable  may be recalculated to reflect updated [...]

As a communityThe Community Legal Education Ontario announced that legal information on eight high-need topics have now been made available in languages other than English and French. They include Arabic, Chinese, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, and Urdu.
The topics include as follows:

Children’s aid: Information [...]