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Ending the Harm to Parents and Children from Ontario’s Family Justice System by Transforming Family Law Culture

This paper examines the harm to families and particularly children, caused by the litigation method of dispute resolution for making parenting plans. That this harm occurs in the area of law entrusted with promoting the best interests of children is morally, ethically, and legally unacceptable...