Legal advice
For some family law problems, you will need legal advice from a lawyer. A lawyer can listen to your story, explain the law, and tell you what your options are.
If you are working on your own case, you may want to contact a lawyer for specific advice only (not for your whole case). For example, you might ask a lawyer to advise you about how successful you might be at arguing hardship in response to an application to increase Money paid by one party to the other party as financial support. Support can be paid for a former spouse or for any or all children. support payments. To determine this, the lawyer would need to know about your financial situation, obligations to other family members, work history, and any unusual expenses you have taken on to support your previous family. Or you might ask a lawyer to look over court forms you have completed and let you know if there is anything you might change or add to make your application more effective.
You may be able to get the name of a lawyer who specializes in family law problems from a community agency (such as a women's centre) or a community advocate. Or use one of the other resources listed under Other services (see the links on the right) to find a lawyer you can speak with.
Note: Whatever service you use, you will make better use of your time if you are well organized (see How to work well with a lawyer).
