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Ontario family justice in “lockdown”: Early pandemic cases and professional experience
Family Court Review Pub Date : 2022-03-08 , DOI: 10.1111/fcre.12640
Claire Houston 1 , Rachel Birnbaum 2 , Nicholas Bala 3 , Kate Deveau 4
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The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected families and children involved in Ontario's family justice system as well as family justice professionals in the province. In a span of two years, Ontario's family justice system has been fundamentally transformed, from a paper-based, in-person system to a paperless system in which many services, including judicial proceedings, continue to be largely delivered remotely. We report on the findings of two studies on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Ontario family justice: (1) an analysis of early pandemic court decisions; and (2) a survey of family justice professionals about their experiences during the early pandemic. We describe how the pandemic has exacerbated access to justice issues for certain groups, including families experiencing high conflict, victims of intimate partner violence, families involved in child welfare proceedings, and self-represented litigants, while improving access to justice for others by improving efficiency and reducing legal costs. As Ontario moves past the pandemic, the family justice system will need to ensure that technological advances improve access to justice for all court-involved families.

中文翻译:

安大略省“封锁”中的家庭司法:早期大流行病例和专业经验

COVID-19 大流行对参与安大略省家庭司法系统的家庭和儿童以及该省的家庭司法专业人员产生了深远的影响。在两年的时间里,安大略省的家庭司法系统发生了根本性转变,从基于纸质的面对面系统转变为无纸化系统,其中包括司法程序在内的许多服务继续在很大程度上远程提供。我们报告了关于 COVID-19 大流行对安大略省家庭司法的影响的两项研究的结果:(1)对大流行法院早期判决的分析;(2) 一项针对家庭司法专业人员的调查,了解他们在大流行初期的经历。我们描述了这种流行病如何加剧了某些群体的诉诸司法问题,包括经历高度冲突的家庭、亲密伴侣暴力的受害者、参与儿童福利诉讼的家庭和自我代表的诉讼当事人,同时通过提高效率和降低法律成本来改善他人诉诸司法的机会。随着安大略省摆脱大流行,家庭司法系统将需要确保技术进步改善所有参与法庭的家庭诉诸司法的机会。
更新日期:2022-03-08
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