Understanding Family Violence in Family Court Proceedings

Understanding Family Violence in Family Court Proceedings

Providing Effective Responses for Victims, Children, and Perpetrators

Scott, Katreena; Jaffe, Peter; Bala, Nicholas; Heslop, Lisa

University of Toronto Press

07/2025

280

Mole

Inglês

9781487567842

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Foreword
Beverley McLachlin


Preface
Nicholas Bala, Peter Jaffe, Katreena Scott, and Lisa Heslop


1. Recognizing the Impact of Family Violence Cases on Parents and Children: Translating Legal Reforms into Practice
Peter G. Bala, Nicholas Bala, Katreena L. Scott, Archana Medhekar, and Casey Oliver


2. Coercive Control and Family Court in an Intersectional Context
Katreena L. Scott, Archana Medhekar, Pamela Cross, and Deepa Mattoo


3. Identifying and Overcoming Barriers to Accessing Justice
Emily Murray, Amanda Pierce, Marion Overholt, Brittney Taylor, Phebe Quaye, and Shelly Gilbert


4. Lessons from the Trenches: Representing Survivor Clients
Leighann Burns


5. Understanding Family Violence in Family Court Proceedings: Providing Effective Responses for Victims, Children, and Perpetrators
Rachel Birnbaum and Nicholas Bala


6. Toronto's Integrated Domestic Violence Court: An Innovative Process to Get Family Violence Cases Out of Silos
Rachel Birnbaum and Nicholas Bala


7. Children's Rights and Voices: Critical Issues for Family Court Proceedings
Caterina Tempesta, Ellen Murray, and Mary Birdsell


8. Getting Scientific Knowledge about Family Violence into the Family Court Process: Judicial Education, Judicial Notice, and Expert Evidence
Nicholas Bala, Rui Alves, and Brittany Chaput


9. Money and Family Violence
Joanna Radbord


10. Monetary Awards for Family Violence
Mary-Jo Maur


11. Representation without Escalation: A Conceptional Framework for the Client in a Family Law Matter Who Has Used Family Violence
Brian J. Burke and Nicholas Bala


12. Future Directions
Nicholas Bala, Peter Jaffe, Katreena Scott, and Lisa Heslop


Table of Cases and Statutes
Bibliography
Contributors
Index
About the Editors
Canadian family law;family violence;intimate partner violence;family court proceedings;domestic violence in family court;coercive control in family law;domestic violence case law in Canada