Content
Skip to Main ContentAccessibility Help
Menu
When search suggestions are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select.
Search
Quick Links
  • News
  • Sports
  • Radio
  • Music
  • Listen Live
  • TV
  • Watch
    • news
    • Top Stories
    • Local
    • Climate
    • World
    • Canada
    • Politics
    • Indigenous
    • Business
    • The National
    • Health
    • Entertainment
    • Science
    • CBC News Investigates
    • Go Public
    • About CBC News
    • Being Black in Canada
      Why are so many people going to family court without a lawyer? CBC explains | CBC.ca Loaded

      Why are so many people going to family court without a lawyer? CBC explains

      9 months ago
      Duration 3:53

      Why are so many people going to family court without a lawyer? CBC explains

      • 9 months ago
      • News
      • Duration 3:53

      For various reasons — divorce, separation, child custody hearings — more people are finding themselves in front of a judge in family court. And increasingly in Atlantic Canada, they're going it alone without a lawyer. CBC's Cody MacKay explains why that is, and what can be done about it.

      Related Stories

      • Why more Canadians are getting divorced later in life
      • Quebec must recognize families with more than 2 parents, Superior Court rules
      • 'It kept me trapped': How struggles to find child care can exacerbate cases of intimate partner violence
      • Canada Votes: Bail reform complex issue despite campaign slogans, says criminal lawyer
      • Will calls in Manitoba to reform bail help make communities safer? Not quite, experts say

      Trending Now

      Video

      1:36

      Why the jury was discharged in the ex-world junior players’ trial

      CBC News |May 16
      Video

      1:57

      Search for missing N.S. kids restarts as questions grow about investigation

      The National |May 17
      Video

      0:27

      Tall ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge, injuring 19

      May 18
      Video

      3:31

      Mount St. Helens will blow again — but not like 1980

      May 16
      Video

      5:59

      Why the condo market is plummeting during a housing crisis

      The National |May 15

      Footer Links

      My Account

      • Profile
      • CBC Gem
      • Newsletters
      • About CBC Accounts

      Connect with CBC

      • Facebook
      • X
      • YouTube
      • Instagram
      • Mobile
      • RSS
      • Podcasts

      Contact CBC

      • Submit Feedback
      • Help Centre

      Audience Relations, CBC
      P.O. Box 500 Station A
      Toronto, ON
      Canada, M5W 1E6

      Toll-free (Canada only):
      1-866-306-4636

      About CBC

      • Corporate Info
      • Sitemap
      • Reuse & Permission
      • Terms of Use
      • Privacy
      • Jobs
      • Our Unions
      • Independent Producers
      • Political Ads Registry
      • AdChoices

      Services

      • Ombudsman
      • Corrections and Clarifications
      • Public Appearances
      • Commercial Services
      • CBC Shop
      • Doing Business with Us
      • Renting Facilities
      • Radio Canada International
      • CBC Lite

      Accessibility

      It is a priority for CBC to create products that are accessible to all in Canada including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges.

      Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem.

      • About CBC Accessibility
      • Accessibility Feedback
      • ©2025 CBC/Radio-Canada. All rights reserved.
      • Visitez Radio-Canada.ca

      now