Help

If you are new to the site, this page will help you learn how to find your way around. Here you will learn what each part of the site focuses on, how to find your way there, and what to do in case you get lost. If you have any problems with our site's interface, we would like to hear about it. Please e-mail us with the nature of your problem, addressing it to kchapman@mediationcentre.com.

How to find your way around the site:

• The main sections of the site and buttons to take you there
• What our navigation bar links do in case you get lost
  
  

Main sections and buttons:

If you are separating, the detailed information included on this site can help you decide if you would like to try mediation. From the home page you can click these buttons leading to each of the main sections in our site:

Mediation

From the main mediation page you can find information on what mediation is, whether it is appropriate, its benefits, and guidelines to the process. You can also find information and suggestions to help you prepare for mediation with a discussion of parental concerns and financial and property issues.

About The Family Mediation Centre

From the about us page you can find information about us, our history and our staff, basic information about this site, its purpose and its creators--a what-is-going-on overview. The frequently-asked questions (faq) section lists some of the questions we have received from visitors as well as answers to them.

Services

From our main services page you will find Couples Apart...Parents Forever, our program for adults about separating families. Our handbook for parents, Parent Education and Custody Effectiveness, discusses how you can help yourself and your children through divorce. We also have and links to community resources available to the Supreme Court Family Branch, as well as a guideline to uncontested divorces for the self-represented client.

Family Law Information Centre

The Family Law Information Centre (FLIC) assists families in transition.

Family Court

The Superior Court of Justice--Family Court Branch in London and Middlesex pages give information about the court such as duty counsel, lawyers, judges and staff. There is also a section on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) which discusses mediation, custody or access assessments, meetings, arbitration and fees.

Legal Education and Resource Network (LEARN)

A page about the Legal Education and Resource Network

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Navigation bar links:

At the bottom of most pages is a row of links. Use the home link to return to the home page on this Web site. There may also be a "back" or "next" link which would take you to the previous or next page in a series of pages on the same topic. The other links:

Help

That's this page--here we offer basic usage and navigation assistance.

Archive

This is an entryway into older data on this site and our site history.

New

This lists and links you to the latest updates and most recent additions to the site--both what has changed and where it has changed.

Search

This takes you to our search page where you will find a site map, or table of contents, which lists the page titles of all of the pages on the Web site and links to them. If you are new to the site, this is a good place to start.

Contact

This takes you to detailed contact information is kept. It includes a list of people and how to get in touch with us, via e-mail, the mail or the telephone. Use the e-mail links to send send questions or comments to us.

Download

This is a gateway to any forms available on this site to download, as well as any software you might need.

Legal

This takes you to a page containing disclaimers, copyright notices and ownership information about the site and its contents.

Text

This takes you to a low-bandwidth, no-graphics version of some of the pages and forms on this site; suitable for printing.

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