Glossary - Abuse and Family Violence
In Child abuse and neglect, Domestic violence, Family Law
Parties are the people or organizations directly involved in a court case, contract, agreement, or other legal matter. For example, a party can be one person or a group of two or more people, a corporation, or an agency like the Family Responsibility Office or Children’s Aid Society.
In most family law cases, both partners are parties but the children are not parties.
In most child protection cases, the Children’s Aid Society and the parents are parties, but the children are not parties.
In Child abuse and neglect, Domestic violence, Family Law
A party or parties are the people or organizations directly involved in a court case, contract, agreement, or other legal matter. For example, a party can be one person or a group of two or more people, a corporation, or an agency like the Family Responsibility Office or Children’s Aid Society.
In most family law cases, both partners are parties but the children are not parties.
In most child protection cases, the Children’s Aid Society and the parents are parties, but the children are not parties.
In Abuse and Family Violence, Criminal Law, Family Law, Housing Law
A peace bond is a court order from a criminal court that requires a person to “keep the peace and be of good behaviour”. The peace bond may also contain other conditions the person must follow. For example, if you are named in a peace bond, you may be required to follow a “no contact” condition.
In Abuse and Family Violence, Child abuse and neglect, Family Law
A protection application is when the Children’s Aid Society starts a court case against a child’s parent because they think that the child is in need of protection.
