North Toronto Family Court Education Committee presents,

"WE GOTTA GET OUTTA THIS PLACE", Topics in Mobility: Relocation & Extra Provincial Custody and Access Issues

Learn how to approach a family law custody and access case with extra provincial issues. Our panel will speak about scenarios such as:

• The (Ontario resident) child who has been wrongfully removed/wrongfully retained in another jurisdiction
• The child who is wrongfully removed to/retained in Ontario
• When does the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction apply
• How to litigate a case under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
• What is the role of the Central Authority
• What are the tests/limitations under the Children’s Law Reform Act relating to when the Court can exercise its jurisdiction to make an order for custody of or access
• What are the tests/limitations under the Divorce Act relating to when the Court can exercise its jurisdiction to make an order for custody of or access
• When can the Court make custody/access related orders under its Parens patriae jurisdiction
• How to approach a relocation/mobility case

Chair: The Honourable Debra Paulseth, Ontario Court of Justice

Speakers:

Mary Jo Maur, BA (Hons), LLB, LLM, Assistant Professor and Director, Introduction to Legal Skills, Queen's University, Faculty of Law
Caroline Brett, Counsel for the Family Responsibility Office and the Central Authority for the Province of Ontario in respect of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
Nancy Chaves, Family Law Lawyer
Heather Hansen, Family Law Lawyer, Martha McCarthy & Company