<![CDATA[Bourque Family Law - FAMILY LAW IN THE NEWS]]>Sat, 01 Feb 2025 08:26:49 -0500Weebly<![CDATA[Urgent reform needed to shield women and children from violence during custody battles]]>Sun, 13 Oct 2024 11:49:27 GMThttp://bourquefamilylaw.com/family-law-in-the-news/urgent-reform-needed-to-shield-women-and-children-from-violence-during-custody-battleshttps://news.un.org/en/story/2023/06/1138057
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]]><![CDATA[New Divorce Act delayed to March 1, 2021]]>Sun, 11 Oct 2020 13:08:03 GMThttp://bourquefamilylaw.com/family-law-in-the-news/new-divorce-act-delayed-to-march-1-2021Due to extraordinary circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Canada deferred the coming into force date of changes to the Divorce Act to March 1, 2021.
​https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/fl-df/cfl-mdf/index.html
]]><![CDATA[Legal Aid Massive Budget Cuts]]>Thu, 13 Jun 2019 13:52:49 GMThttp://bourquefamilylaw.com/family-law-in-the-news/legal-aid-massive-budget-cutsAfter the release of the latest provincial budget, Legal Aid Ontario has announced significant changes to the types of services it will provide to eligible claimants. The reduction in services available hits those most vulnerable the hardest.

Click here to read more. ]]><![CDATA[Praise for the Hon. Justice Clement Gascon]]>Wed, 15 May 2019 13:48:37 GMThttp://bourquefamilylaw.com/family-law-in-the-news/praise-for-the-hon-justice-clement-gasconThe Hon. Justice Clement Gascon of the Supreme Court of Canada published a news release yesterday, acknowledging that he struggles with depression and anxiety. The importance and significance of his public statement cannot be underestimated.

Click here to read his statement.
]]><![CDATA[The new Divorce Act is coming]]>Sun, 12 May 2019 18:35:12 GMThttp://bourquefamilylaw.com/family-law-in-the-news/the-new-divorce-act-is-comingI'm curious what people think of Bill C-78. Comments? Opinions?
Click here to read the new Divorce Act
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