Karen Thompson Family Law

04/08/2014

Susan Berry has completed her first level mediation training - looking forward to helping people resolve their divorce issues cooperatively!

03/10/2014

1st step to surviving domestic abuse:Recognizing it. But getting away is not easy. Here's The Current http://ow.ly/uqytO podcast from today.

She left her husband years ago but the violence and intimidation continued so much so that even today we need

02/08/2014

This is a great little video explaining Family Mediation http://ow.ly/tprH7

02/06/2014

It's travel letter time everyone! If your kids are crossing the Canadian border without both parents (separated or not!) you are going to need a notarized travel letter - http://ow.ly/tmfQ1

Government of Canada's official one-stop-shop for comprehensive international travel information.

02/06/2014

"Unbundled" Family Law services come to Ontario with the revised Family Law Rules as of January 2014 - • Rule 4 has been amended to provide rules governing limited scope retainers. Rule 4 sets out a definition of limited scope retainers and affirms that a party may be represented by a lawyer under a limited scope retainer. It further provides that a party who is represented by a lawyer under a limited scope retainer is considered to be acting in person unless the lawyer is acting as the party’s lawyer of record.
What does this mean? http://ow.ly/tkswI

Under a limited scope or

05/16/2013

Karen A. Thompson