Partner Abuse
Includes abuse committed by a wife, husband, boyfriend, girlfriend, same-sex partner, or common-law partner. This sub-topic also includes legal information on safety plans and date rape.
Some indicators of legal issues
What the clients may say:
- "There was a fight in my home and someone called the police."
- "I'm not living at home right now because I don,t feel safe when I'm with my partner."
Legal Services and Information
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Ontario. Ministry of the Attorney General - Superior Court of Justice - Family Law Information Centre | COVID 19: Courts are not operating as usual. Do not go to court unless you have been told to attend. Ontarians can continue to access… |
| Fem'aide - Ligne de soutien pour les femmes touchées par la violence - Fem'aide - Ligne de soutien pour les femmes touchées par la violence | Free, confidential 24-hour support and crisis line for French-speaking women in Ontario supports and connects survivors of violence to community services victims and survivors of… |
| University of Ottawa - Community Legal Clinic | Student Legal Aid Services Society clinic staffed by students and supervised by lawyers provides legal services to low-income members of the community conducts legal education… |
| Ottawa. City Operations - Ottawa Police Service - Intimate Partner Violence | Community police centres investigates partner assaults and domestic conflict investigates custody and access orders, as well as parental abductions conducts criminal harassment investigations relating to… |
| Interval House of Ottawa | Temporary emergency shelter for abused women and their children reasonable, flexible limit on length of stay counselling referrals advocacy telephone crisis line accepts pets on… |
| Distress Centre of Ottawa and Region | Distress line confidential telephone listening and crisis intervention service educational services are available to schools and community groups on a variety of topics including suicide… |
| Family Law Education for Women Campaign - METRAC Action on Violence | Online resource of plain language legal information on women's rights under Ontario family law webinar recordings posted regularly on website how to find help with… |