Our experienced family lawyer Mississauga team, serving Brampton, Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area, will be happy to assist you with your family law needs. We will help you sail smoothly through this time of emotional stress, while dealing with family law issues, in a professional, timely and cost-effective manner. We focus on client-centred service.
Our divorce lawyers in Mississauga, serving Brampton, Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area, can help you resolve all aspects of divorce, whether contested or simple. There are many issues on which spouses may not be in agreement with each other. Law Wise Family Lawyers in Mississauga, serving Brampton, Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area, have a thorough understanding of many legal issues that may arise during the divorce process. Some of these complexities include division of matrimonial property and equalization, child support and spousal support issues, and child custody & access issues (now called decision-making responsibility and parenting time), combined with a practical parenting plan.
Our Family Lawyers Mississauga are easily accessible to clients and committed to their needs throughout their family law cases.
A divorce can be a simple divorce, a contested divorce or a joint divorce. Where there are no complex issues involved, a divorce application can take several months to finalize. However, where the divorce is based on separation, it will not be granted until the one-year period of separation has elapsed. Where there are more complex issues to be resolved, our experienced Divorce lawyers Mississauga, serving Brampton, Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area, can help guide you in the process and ensure that your rights are protected.
Law Wise Family Lawyers are experienced in answering these and other difficult questions regarding the impact of separation and divorce on children. We strive to help clients arrive at parenting arrangements that will place the children’s best interests first. If needed, lawyers or mediators are present to assist them in decision making, failing which the court steps in to decide.
Where appropriate, parents should share in the parenting decisions related to their children, as well as the time spent with their children.
Decisions made by parents about health, education, religion, and major recreational activities for their children used to be called custody. Since March 1, 2021, the law calls this decision-making responsibility.
The term “access” simply refers to the time that one parent or the other will spend with their child. In most situations it is now called parenting time. In shared parenting, the children’s time is divided between the two homes, as both parents are sharing responsibility for the parenting of the children.
In the event of a separation or divorce, a parenting plan is used to define and detail the manner in which parents raise, look after and shape their children’s future.
The format of the plan should be clear, with the aim of reducing any future disputes or disagreements between divorced or separated parents. It is advisable that both parents cooperate with respect to these issues in order to avoid conflict.
Our Family Lawyer in Mississauga, serving Brampton, Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area, will represent you effectively in custody & access (decision-making responsibility and parenting time) disputes.
Each province and territory in Canada has its own Child Support Table, and the federal tables were last updated on October 1, 2025. Under the Ontario Child Support Guidelines (and the Federal Child Support Guidelines, which apply in a divorce), child support is made up of two components:
- The table amount (a basic monthly child support amount that covers food, clothing and school supplies); and
- Special or extraordinary expenses (usually called Section 7 expenses, which cover child care expenses, health care expenses, etc.).
The goals of the Child Support Guidelines are to establish a fair standard of support for children, to make child support amounts more objective so as to reduce conflict between the parents, to ensure similar treatment of parents and children in similar situations, and to make the child support process more efficient by giving parents and courts guidance and encouraging settlements.
If you need assistance determining whether you should be receiving child support for your child or collecting your support from the other parent, or if you believe that you should no longer be paying child support, Law Wise family lawyers are here to help. Our goal is always to resolve your Child Support issue in a cooperative and informal manner. However, where informal negotiations do not work, our lawyers will employ their litigation experience to advance your interests through the court process. Law Wise family lawyers in Mississauga will represent you effectively in Child Support disputes.
For spousal support, some of the factors that will determine entitlement to support, as well as the duration of the support obligation, include the length of the relationship, the roles played by each spouse throughout the relationship, the age of the spouses at the time of separation, the ability of one spouse to support the other, and the ability of the recipient spouse to become self-sufficient.
In Ontario, child protection law is governed by the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017 (CYFSA). Child protection proceedings are commenced by child protection agencies when there are concerns that a child is at risk of harm, or is being harmed emotionally, physically, or sexually. The safety and well-being of the child are the primary factors guiding the actions and decisions of a Children’s Aid Society (the “Society”).
The Society may have reason to bring a child to a place of safety (formerly called apprehension) in situations such as the following:
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• Emotional or physical abuse
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• Alcohol or drug abuse
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• Mental health issues
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• Neglect or domestic violence
Child protection agencies are usually called Children’s Aid Societies (CAS). There are many such agencies throughout Ontario, including Indigenous child and family well-being agencies. For a list of these agencies, please visit the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies website:
If a child is brought to a place of safety by the Society, the Society must, as soon as practicable and in any event within five days, do one of the following:
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• Return the child to the person who has custody of the child, or who last had care of the child; or
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• Have the child remain in the care of the Society under a temporary care agreement; or
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• Bring the matter to court by starting a child protection application.
Getting proper legal representation is crucial, as these cases have strict statutory timelines. If the child has been in the Society’s care for a long time, it is more likely that the Society will apply to the court for an order of extended society care (formerly called Crown wardship). Under that order, the child stays in the care and custody of the Society until a court changes the order, the child turns 18 or marries, or the child is adopted.
The Society has many ways of intervening without necessarily taking the child into its custody, including support services and voluntary agreements, family conferences, mediation and other alternatives to court, and supervision orders that leave the child at home.
For most parents and parties involved in a Children’s Aid matter, it is a very stressful and difficult time of their lives. Law Wise Family Lawyers have a wealth of experience dealing with these agencies throughout Ontario. We can help you navigate this very difficult and complex area of law whether you are a parent or a family member who is involved in a CAS matter. Child protection cases are usually very complicated with a myriad of involved parties. It is very important that you seek competent legal advice from one of our Family Lawyers in Mississauga, serving Brampton, Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area, as soon as possible if a Children’s Aid Society has commenced protection proceedings involving your children.
Domestic agreements are written agreements made between two partners. These agreements allow couples to address the issues that may arise during the breakdown of a relationship. To be enforceable, these agreements must be in writing, signed by the parties and witnessed. Below are different kinds of agreements.
Pre-Nuptial Agreements: A contract made between two people before they marry is often called a prenuptial agreement. In Ontario, the legal term is a marriage contract, and it can also be made during the marriage.
Separation Agreements: When a couple decides to separate and end their relationship, they can record their decisions on important matters, such as property, support and parenting, in a separation agreement.
Cohabitation Agreements: Common-law spouses can enter into a cohabitation agreement, which is deemed to be a marriage contract if they later marry each other.
Our experienced Family Lawyers in Mississauga, serving Brampton, Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area, will provide you with personalized care and attention to deal with your domestic agreement needs. We keep your goals and your legal rights at the forefront while negotiating the terms of your agreement.
At Law Wise Professional Corporation, we understand your specific circumstances, and our experienced Family lawyers will take on your family law matter concerning separation & divorce, custody & access (decision-making responsibility and parenting time), child support, spousal support and domestic agreements. Trust our team of lawyers to guide you through rough waters.
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