Substantial changes to the Divorce Act come into force on March 1, 2021. Experts from the Family and Children’s Law Team, Department of Justice Canada, are offering free virtual training to provide you with an overview of the amendments.

This course will be helpful to those who need an introduction to the amendments and to those who need a refresher on the eve of implementation.

It is likely to be of interest to lawyers, courts and dispute resolution practitioners, as well as other family justice professionals.

The course will cover the following:

• Status of Act, objectives
• Language of parenting, parenting orders
• Best interests, family violence
• Relocation: process, substantive law
• New duties: courts, parents, lawyers
• Jurisdiction for parenting orders
• Official Languages amendments
• Inter-jurisdictional support
• FOAEA Act changes
• Regulations, consequential changes, etc.

Courses Dates and Times:

February 22, 2021 – 11 am to 2 pm (English): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/138501899911
February 23, 2021 – 12 pm to 3 pm (English): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/138514728281
February 24, 2021 – 9 am to 12 pm (French): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/138660672805
February 24, 2021 – 1 pm to 4 pm (English): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/138517119433
February 25, 2021 – 11 am to 2 pm (English): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/138519163547
February 26, 2021 – 9 am to 12 pm (French): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/138665168251

For Department of Justice employees: A limited number of seats will be reserved for Department of Justice employees in each session. You must also register through People Soft using course code: 017757

** Please also note that the Department of Justice Canada is offering online courses related to Bill C-78. You can find the first one, Introduction to Federal Family Law Amendments at: https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/fl-df/cfl-mdf/trai-form/index.html