Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Family Court
Other form(s) of name
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Family Court branch of the Ontario Court (General Division) was established in 1994 in order to entrench the experiment of the Unified Family Court, which was established in the district of Hamilton-Wentworth in 1977.
The Unified Family Court was created in response to recommendations made by federal and Ontario law reform commissions to unify the exercise of jurisdiction in all family matters into one court.
Family Courts were established in Hamilton (replacing the Unified Family Court), London, Barrie, Kingston, and Napanee.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The Family Court has jurisdiction over all family law matters including those normally assigned to the Ontario Court (Provincial Division) and the Ontario Court (General Division). These include proceedings under the Child and Family Services Act, the Children’s Law Reform Act, the Divorce Act (Canada), the Family Law Act, the Family Responsibility Act, the Marriage Act, the Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Orders Act and the Young Offenders Act.
Address
Courts of Justice Amendment Act, Statutes of Ontario 1994, Chap. 12
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
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Related entity
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Type of relationship
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Access points area
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Epithet
Control area
Authority record identifier
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
KWIC Index, 1997
Maintenance notes
Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24
Archivist(s):
T. Belton, R. Anger