DEVELOPING A UNIFIED FAMILY COURT IN ONTARIO |
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| Authors: | Justice David M. Steinberg |
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| Affiliation: | David M. Steinberg is a senior justice of the Family Court in Ontario. He graduated from the University of Western Ontario Law School in 1963 and was called to the bar in 1965. He was appointed to the bench of the Ontario Provincial Court (Family Division) in 1969. In July 1977, he was appointed as a district court judge of the newly created Unified Family Court, In April 1987, he was appointed as senior judge of the Unified Family Court, and in September 1991, he was appointed to the Ontario Court (General Division). He is the past editor of the legal report series Reports of Family Law and the author of two volumes of the second edition of Family Law in the Family Courts (1981,1986). |
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| Abstract: | In Ontario, the Family Courts is a branch of the Superior Court of Justice. The author outlines the Canadian concept of a unified family court and the constitutional problems pecular to its initial establishment in Ontario in 1977, as well as its limited expansion in 1995. The courts is now on the verge of another expansion, which will be quite considerable. Also discussed is the need, in a unified family court, for a judiciary that specializes in family law cases, mediation teams and family law information centers in each court site, and most importantly, liaison and resource committees to support the work of the court. |
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