Central North Region
When choosing your professional team from the list of professionals below it is important to find the “right fit” for your family.
The different types of family dispute resolution professionals can seem complicated. We have simplified this for you by grouping the different professionals into 7 simple categories to empower you and give you confidence you can choose the right professionals for you as follows:-
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Family Lawyers
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Parenting Professionals (parenting experts, parenting coaches and coordinators, counsellors, mediators, etc)
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Financial Professionals (financial coaches, financial advisors, pension and business experts)
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Family Services in the community
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Realty Lawyers
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Wills and Estates Lawyers
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Realty Agents and Property Appraisers
We will speak with you at your Early Neutral Consultation (ENC) about your unique family circumstances and the range of resources that are available to you.
We will give you the knowledge you need to help you choose the right pathway for you and your family, to navigate your separation process, and to choose to stay out of court.
After your ENC, you will then be empowered to choose your pathway and any team of professionals such as a mediator, family and financial specialists, and family lawyers (if you have not already done so).
You can help us in the important work of building strong family law communities.
Central North Region Law Firms
These law firms offer a range of out of court, and court, services; including mediation and collaborative family law.
When you retain a lawyer, your lawyer works for you as your advocate; however good modern family lawyers understand that to work in the best interest of children and families they need to use modern negotiation techniques that are not based on positions, but are based on the future interests of both spouses, your family, and your children.
Some examples of law firms in Central North Region who offer family law services include the following:
SIMCOE COUNTY, MUSKOKA & PARRY SOUND
Central North Region Paralegals
These professionals cannot provide family law legal advice or draft separation agreements; but they may provide administrative assistance for other aspects of your life.
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Central North Region Family Professionals
These professionals offer a range of counseling, divorce coaching, parenting coaching, parenting coordination, neutral investigations and assessments.
Central North Financial Professionals
The following professionals offer a range of neutral financial services for separating couples, including neutral preparation of financial statements, financial information and advice, accounting information and advice, tax information and advice, bankruptcy information and advice, insurance information and advice. Check with individual professionals to confirm which services they offer.
Pension Specialists
In some instances pension actuaries can assist to value pensions (if pensions are not valued using the FSRAO forms) and tax implications of pensions. The following is a list of pension actuaries.
Dilkes, Jeffrey and Associates
Krofchick Valuations (Matthew Krofchick)
BCH Actuarial Services (Jamie Jocsak)
Central North Family Services
These services offer resources and facilities for families, and particularly for families dealing with separation and divorce.
South Georgian Bay Family Mediation
The Mediation Centre (Lisa Wice, Claudette Reimer, and panel)
Rainbows (Guiding Kids Through Life’s Storms)
YMCA – Barrie
YMCA – Orillia
YMCA – Parry Sound
YMCA – Gravenhurst
New Path Kinark (Children’s Mental Health)
Seasons Centre for Grieving Children
CanGrands.com (grandparents)
Jean Leggett (joy and laughter coach)
Centre for Work Life Balance (Byron MacIntyre, Cindy McAfee, Jane Dutly)
Central North Family Arbitrators
The following lawyers offer Family Arbitration services.
Central North Realty Lawyers
The following lawyers can help you transfer or sell your family homes and properties.
Central North Wills & Estates Lawyers
The following lawyers can help you update your wills and estate planning. Check with individual professionals to confirm which services they offer.
Central North Realty Agents & Property Appraisers
The following Realty Agents can help you with valuing, listing and selling your real property.
John Weber
Tracey Scott & James Scott (Remax-Chay)
Shawn Gannaw
Wanda Townsend (Remax-Chay)
Dave Treitz
Ian Hocking (Hocking Homes)
The following Agents can help you with valuing your personal property.