The Family Dispute Resolution Handbook

Lorne H. Wolfson, a senior partner in our Family Law Group, has co-authored the Seventh Edition of The Family Dispute Resolution Handbook with Dr. Barbara Landau. 

The Family Dispute Resolution Handbook is recognized as a leading Canadian text on family dispute resolution. The Seventh Edition examines comprehensive strategies that integrate legal, psychological, and financial expertise. It presents modern methodologies, practical checklists, and a wealth of precedents to support cooperative outcomes in separation and divorce. 

Readers will learn how to:

• Help parties select the most appropriate process for their family
• Position parties as collaborators instead of adversaries
• Give parties control to create their own process and results
• Significantly reduce conflict time and cost of litigation 

Topics Covered

• Mediation-arbitration, where a mediator can be asked to be the arbitrator for unresolved issues
• Arbitration, in which parties delegate decision making to a professional of their choice, while preserving certain appeal rights
• Custody assessment, in which a mental health professional makes a parenting plan recommendation to the parties and/or a judge
• Parenting coordination, that allows a mental health professional to decide day-to-day issues for high-conflict couples following an agreement, order, or award 

What’s New in This Edition

• Recent reforms in Family Law relating to parenting
• Discussion of enhanced screening for intimate partner violence
• Updated chapters on Professional Ethics, Standards and Conduct, as well as Collaborative Practice and Parenting Coordination
• Expanded practical appendices with digital resources
  

Contributors

Nicholas Bala, Professor, Queen’s Law

Barbara Fidler, Psychologist, Mediator, Assessor and Parenting Coordinator

James Fitch, Mediator, Arbitrator and Member of the Ontario Bar

Matt Krofchick, CPA, Chartered Business Valuator, Collaborative Practitioner, Forensic Accountant and Management Consultant

Hilary Linton, Mediator, Arbitrator and Member of the Ontario Bar

Mary-Anne Popescu, Family Mediator, Intergenerational Mediator and Child Protection Mediator

Nicola Savin, Family Lawyer, Mediator, Collaborative Practitioner and Member of the Ontario Bar

To learn more, please visit the LexisNexis website.