Minutes of Settlement is a document that describes how parties have decided to resolve their issues. For example, you can sign minutes of settlement with your partner or a Children’s Aid Society. It can be used to get a court order, called a consent order, that says what the parties have agreed to.
A motion to change is the court process you go through when you want a judge to change a court order or separation agreement that has been filed with the court. Sometimes a motion to change is also called a variation.
A non-removal order is an order a court makes to prevent one or both parents from taking their child out of a specified area, for example, the country or province.
An offer to settle is a written document that is sent by one party to the other party that says what they're willing to agree to in order to settle all or part of the issues.
A settlement conference is a meeting between a judge, the parties, and their lawyers if they have any. The purposes of a settlement conference include:
You do not get Employment Insurance (EI) benefits if you were fired because of misconduct.
Misconduct usually means doing something wrong on purpose. It's more than not being able to do the job well. Here are some examples that might be misconduct:
Access used to mean the time a parent spends with a child they usually do not live with. For most family law cases, the term "access" has changed to parenting time. Now, all parents usually have parenting time. If you have a child protection case, the term access may still be used.
Parenting time or access can be on a strict schedule, such...
The court clerk is a person at the courthouse responsible for things like issuing documents, maintaining court files, and setting court dates.
A court order is a decision made by a judge that requires a party to do something or not do something. A court order can be a temporary order or a final order.
Cross-examination is when one party, or their lawyer if they have one, questions the other party's witnesses. The purpose of cross-examination is to test how true and reliable a witness' answers are.