Family Litigants: Family Court and Family Law

family litigants: Legal Aid assists litigants who don't have the financial means to hire legal counsel privately, according to NOW Magazine. Without question, funds are woefully inadequate to meet the need, and the percentage of self-represented in family court continues to rise. Given the LAO recently announced they've incurred a 26 million deficit in the past year, now is a good time to highlight its critical role in family law as well. All first-time family litigants are required to attend the Mandatory Information Program MIP . According to the latest statistics in Welland, where I practice law, of the 994 litigants who attended the program in the past year, 52 per cent of cases were without counsel on either side. It's true that LAO has increased the income eligibility threshold level by 6 per cent per year in both 2015 and 2016, and they'll do it again in 2017. Counsel appeared on both sides for only 8 per cent of cases. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.