Effective August 1, 2023
The Binding Judicial Dispute Resolution (JDR) pilot project was introduced in the Ottawa Superior Court of Justice, Family Court Branch on November 1, 2021. This pilot allows parties in a family law case, on consent, to choose to participate in Binding Judicial Dispute Resolution (Binding JDR) to arrive at a final resolution of their case without the need for a trial.
For information about the Binding JDR Pilot, how to request and schedule a hearing, how to file evidence for the hearing, what to expect at a Binding JDR hearing, and for links to all the Binding JDR forms, please refer to the Practice Advisory Concerning the Superior Court of Justice’s Binding Judicial Dispute Resolution (JDR) Pilot Project
Contact Information and addresses to file forms
Trial coordinator: OttawaSCJ.TC.Office@ontario.ca
Filing forms with the court: www.one-key.gov.on.ca or ottawafamilycourt@ontario.ca
Help from Legal Aid Ontario: 1-800-668-8258 (provincially) or (613) 238-7931 (Ottawa).
Names of lawyers providing Unbundled Legal Services: https://www.familylawlss.ca/
Further information and sample forms: Family Law portal of the County of Carleton Law
Association website: https://www.ccla-abcc.ca/page/Family
Regional Senior Justice Calum U. C. MacLeod
November 1, 2021 – Amended August 1, 2023