Publications

Public Legal Education and Information

• Making plans: A guide to parenting arrangements after separation or divorce (2013) (PDF Version, 2 Mb) - Department of Justice
• Parenting Plan Tool (2013) - Department of Justice
• Parenting Plan Checklist (2012) (PDF Version, 115 Kb) - Ontario Law
• What Happens Next? Calendar 2013-2014 (PDF Version, 5.01 Mb) - Department of Justice
• What Happens Next? Information for kids About Separation and Divorce (2007) (PDF Version, 2.3 Mb) - Department of Justice
• The Federal Child Support Guidelines: Step-by-Step (2011) - Department of Justice
• Inventory of Government-based Family Justice Services (updated annually) - Department of Justice

Family Law Publications for Professionals

• The Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines: A New and Improved User's Guide to the Final Version (Background Paper, March 2010) (PDF Version, 180Kb) - Carol Rogerson, Rollie Thompson
• Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines (2008) (PDF Version, 811 Kb) - Carol Rogerson, Rollie Thompson
• Developing Spousal Support Guidelines in Canada: Beginning the Discussion (Background Paper, December 2002) (PDF Version, 221 Kb) - Department of Justice
• Steps To Using The Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines:
  Lonny L. Balbi
  • With Child Support Formula
  • Without Child Support Formula
• Obtaining Reliable and Repeatable SSAG Calculations John-Paul Boyd

Family Law Background Documents

• Children Come First: A Report to Parliament on the Provisions and Operation of the Federal Child Support Guidelines (2002) - Department of Justice
• Children Come First: A Report to Parliament Reviewing the Provisions and Operation of the Federal Child Support Guidelines - Volume 1 (2002) (PDF Version, 1.2 Mb) - Department of Justice
• Children Come First: A Report to Parliament Reviewing the Provisions and Operation of the Federal Child Support Guidelines - Volume 2 (2002) (PDF Version, 3.5 Mb) - Department of Justice Child Support Law and Legislation Canada
• Final Federal-Provincial-Territorial Report on Custody and Access and Child Support (2002) (PDF Version, 598 Kb) - Department of Justice
• Federal / Provincial / Territorial Consultations on Custody, Access and Child Support (2001) (PDF Version, 3.9 Mb) - Department of Justice
• Government of Canada's Response to the Report of the Special Joint Committee on Child Custody and Access (1999) (PDF Version, 200 Kb) - Department of Justice

Family Law Research Publications

• Retroactive Child Support: Benefits and Burdens (Background Paper, March 2009) (PDF Version, 209 Kb) - Shelley Kierstead
• The Voice of the Child in Separation/Divorce Mediation and Other Alternative Dispute Resolution Processes: A Literature Review (2009) (PDF Version, 294 Kb) - Rachel Birnbaum
• The Meaning of "Ordinary Residence" and "Habitual Residence" in the Common Law Provinces in a Family Law Context (2006) (PDF Version, 2.15 Mb) - James McLeod
• The Concepts of Habitual Residence and Ordinary Residence in Light of Quebec Civil Law, the Divorce Act and the Hague Conventions of 1980 and 1996 (2006) (PDF Version, 1.7 Mb) - Gérald Godlstein
• Making Appropriate Parenting Arrangements in Family Violence Cases (2005) (PDF Version, 1.3 Mb) - Peter G. Jaffe, Claire V. Crooks, Nick Bala
• The Emerging Phenomenon of Collaborative Family Law (CFL): A Qualitative Study of CFL Cases (2005) (PDF Version, 403 Kb) - Julie Macfarlane
• When Parents Separate: Further Findings from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (2004) (PDF Version, 284 Kb) - Heather Juby, Nicole Marcil-Gratton, Céline Le Bourdais
• Moving On: The Expansion of the Family Network After Parents Separate (2004) (PDF Version, 292 Kb) - Heather Juby, Céline Le Bourdais
• High-conflict Separation and Divorce: Options for Consideration (2004) (PDF Version, 440 Kb) - Glenn Gilmour
• Voice and Support: Programs for Children Experiencing Parental Separation and Divorce (2004) (PDF Version, 515 Kb) - Pauline O'Connor
• Grandparent-Grandchild Access: A Legal Analysis (2003) (PDF Version, 315 Kb) - Dan Goldberg
• Managing Contact Difficulties: A Child-Centred Approach (2003) (PDF Version, 407 Kb) - Ronda Freeman, Gary Freeman
• The Voice of the Child in Divorce, Custody and Access Proceedings (2002) (PDF Version, 345 Kb) - Ronda Bessner
• Keeping Contact with Children: Assessing the Father/Child Post-separation Relationship from the Male Perspective (2000) (PDF Version, 322 Kb) - Céline Le Bourdais, Heather Juby, Nicole Marcil-Gratton
• Custody, Access and Child Support: Findings from The National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (1999) (PDF Version, 254 Kb) - Nicole Marcil-Gratton, Céline Le Bourdais
• The Effects of Divorce on Children (1998) (PDF Version, 122 Kb) - Research and Statistics Division
• Formula for the Table of Amounts Contained in the Federal Child Support Guidelines: A Technical Report (1997) (PDF Version, 312 Kb) - Department of Justice, Child Support Team