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Family Law Services

Law services around relationships and rights of families. This can include divorce, separation, custody and access, and support payment.

Centre de santé communautaire Hamilton Niagara

Population Served:

Communauté francophone de Hamilton et la région du Niagara

Services Offered:

  • Services de soutien personnalisé et confidentiel qui abordent les problématiques liées à la violence à l’encontre des femmes
  • Services d’aiguillage, de référence et d’accompagnement tels que dans de milieu hospitalier, policier et juridique, assistance pratique, défense des droits et intérêts et assistance pour compléter un rapport anonyme.
  • Programme d’intervention précoce pour les enfants exposés à la violence
  • Programme d’intervention auprès des partenaires violents (PAR) mandaté par la Cour
  • Autres services offerts aux francophones de tout âge:
  • Santé primaire (médecin de famille, infirmières, diététiste, services périnataux, ergothérapeute, soins des pieds, services aux aîné(e)s, etc.)
  • Santé mentale et toxicomanie, programmes et services d’établissement et adaptation, et programmes et services en santé et bien-être

Contact:

Téléphone : (905) 528-0163
Gratuit : 1 (866) 437-7606
Fax : (905) 528-9196
Adresse : 1320 rue Barton est, Hamilton ON, L8H 2W1
Site : http://www.cschn.ca/

Autre:

Emplacement accessible ? Oui
Le service en français ? Oui
Services d’interprétation ? Non

Family Access Centre

Population Served:

Families who have experienced separation/divorce.  Families who have court orders or mutual written agreements specifying supervised Access services.

Services Offered:

  • A safe, neutral objective setting free of conflict for children to visit with parents or other family members
  • On-site supervised access visits
  • Supervised Access exchanges where the Centre acts as a drop off/pick up location
  • Factual observation notes are documented and can be requested

Contact:

n/a

Other:

Accessible location: Yes
French language services: Yes
Interpretation services: Available upon request

Family Law Information Centre (FLIC)

Population Served:

All Residents of Hamilton

Services Offered:

  • Family mediation services
  • Mandatory information programs
  • Make referrals to community agencies and legal services

Contact:

Phone:(905) 645-5252
Address: 55 Main Street West, Hamilton ON
Web: cleoconnect.ca/organization/family-law-information-centres-flic/

Other:

Accessible location? Yes
French language services? Yes
Interpretation services? No

Flamborough Women's Resource Centre

Population Served:

Women

Services Offered:

  • Individual counselling
  • Legal advocacy
  • Transitional housing support
  • Peer counselling
  • Information and community referrals
  • Employment counselling
  • Teen peer support groups
  • Women’s groups

Contact:

Crisis: (905) 387-8881
Phone: (289) 895-8580
Fax: (289) 895-8525
Address: 17 Main Street South, Waterdown ON
Email: [email protected]

Other:

Accessible location? No
French language services? No

Good Shepherd Women's Services

Population

Women and their children

Services:

  • Mary’s Place; shelter residence for women
  • Martha House; shelter residence for women and children fleeing abuse
  • Community and counselling services; violence against women, child and youth, migrant women workers project, wellness program, sage family camp.
  • Housing and support services; transitional housing and support program, legal advocate, family court support, second stage services, housing and stage works
  • Medical services; health clinic, comfort foot care, dental hygiene for children

Contact:

Other :

Accessible location? Yes
French language services? Yes
Interpretation services? Off-site translation services available

Hamilton Regional Indian Centre

Population Served:

Urban aboriginal people

Services Offered:

  • Addictions counselling
  • Criminal/family courtwork program
  • Family support; families with children 0-6 years, culturally based activities
  • Healing and wellness program
  • Healthy babies/healthy children program
  • Prenatal/nutrition program
  • Akwe: go program; cultural activities for children 7-12 years old

Contact:

Phone: (905) 548-9593
Fax: (905) 545-4077
Email: [email protected]
Address: 34 Ottawa St N, Hamilton ON
Web: www.hric.ca/index.php

Other:

Accessible location? Yes
French language services? No
Interpretation services? No

Interval House of Niagara

Population Served:

Women (16+) who are experiencing violence/abuse and
their children

Services Offered:

  • 24 Hour/7 Day a Week Crisis Phone
  • Emergency shelter providing meals, emergency clothing and personal needs at no cost to client
  • Emergency transportation to shelter
  • Counselling supports for women in house and in the community
  • Child and youth support services
  • Community Transitional Housing Support Program
  • Support around access to legal systems (family, criminal, immigration, child welfare etc)
  • Safety planning

Contact:

Crisis: (905) 387-8881
Business Line: (905) 387-9959
Business Fax: (905) 387-0019
Program Fax: (905) 387-0563
E-mail: [email protected]

Other:

Accessible location? Yes
French language services? Yes
Interpretation services? Yes

Jared's Place - Legal Advocacy and Resource Centre for Women

Population Served:

Women who have experienced violence

Services Offered:

  • Providing information and referrals
  • Safety planning and risk assessment
  • Court preparation and accompaniment

Contact:

Phone: (905) 522-0127 ext. 207
Email: [email protected]
Address: 100 Main Street East, Suite 205, Hamilton ON
Web: cleoconnect.ca/organization/jared-s-place-legal-advocacy-and-resource-centre-for-women/

Other:

Accessible location? Yes
French language services? No
Interpretation services? No

Legal Aid Ontario

Population Served:

Individuals who are low income and meet requirements of LAO

Services Offered:

  • Toll free telephone services, francophone legal advice line
  • Duty counsel services, courthouse offices, community and specialty clinics
  • Representation by a lawyer
  • Student legal aid services, family law services

Contact:

Other:

Accessible location? Yes
French language services? Appeler 1-877-966-7345 pour service en Français
Interpretation services? No

Mission Services - Inasmuch House

Population Served:

Women, youth and children

Services Offered:

  • Accommodation for 37 residents
  • 24 hour confidential support on the crisis line
  • Safety planning and risk assessment
  • Individual and group support for women and children
  • Information and referral for services in the community, including legal supports
  • Emergency transportation to shelter
  • Transition and housing support
  • Legal Advocate

Contact:

Other:

Accessible location? Yes
French language services? Yes
Interpretation services? Yes – upon request

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