About Responding to Abuse and Violence Guided Pathways

CLEO’s Responding to Abuse and Violence Guided Pathways are free online interviews that give you information and resources to help you:

  • respond to elder abuse
  • ask the court for a peace bond
  • apply for a a private prosecution for some crimes involving gender-based violence
  • ask the court for an emergency motion, if you or your children are in danger

The pathways ask you questions and put your answers in the forms you need. The pathways also create documents specific to your situation, such as a safety plan and a personalized checklist. When you’re finished, you can save or print your documents.

If you already have an account, you can access your saved work here:

Guided Pathways Log in

Elder abuse response and safety plan

Respond to elder abuse using CLEO’s Guided Pathways

Use if you’re an older adult or if you’re concerned about an older adult in your life. This pathway helps you learn more about elder abuse and how to respond to it.

The pathway can also help you make a safety plan.

Peace bond

Apply for a peace bond using CLEO’s Guided Pathways

Use to learn more about peace bonds or apply for a peace bond because you’re afraid someone will:

  • hurt you, someone in your family, or your pets,
  • damage your property, or
  • share an intimate image or video of you without your consent

The pathway can also help you make a safety plan.

Private prosecution

Apply for a private prosecution using CLEO’s Guided Pathways

Use if you’re a victim of a crime involving gender-based violence in Ontario. This pathway helps you fill out the court forms to apply for a private prosecution of the person who committed the crime.

Emergency motion

Make an emergency motion using CLEO’s Guided Pathways

Use to ask the court for an emergency motion because you or your children are in danger. For example, your partner is threatening to hurt you or your children, or to take your children away from you.

The pathway can also help you make a safety plan.

Using the pathway

You can sign up to create an account or use the pathway as a guest. If you choose not to create an account, the system will time out after 4 hours. You must create an account if you want to save your work on the system, or use the other pathways.

Any personal information that you enter into the pathways is confidential. CLEO will not give your personal information to anyone unless you ask us to do this. Read more in the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

Need help?

If you need help using the Guided Pathways or have questions, contact support@cleo.on.ca.

The pathways do not give you legal advice. For advice about your situation, talk to a lawyer.

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