You may have started to notice waivers cropping up when you attend various institutions or activities. You may as a business have created a COVID waiver for people to read and sign prior to entering your place of business.

Parents that are separated or divorced can struggle with decisions regarding their children and it is not uncommon for parents to require court assistance to resolve decisions. As the beginning of the school year looms close, everyone is wondering the same thing – what happens now as children go back to school?

With the current pandemic of COVID-19, many “normal” practices that we are accustomed to have now changed. Many businesses are closed or offering their services remotely. Some are slowly starting to reopen with new protocols to protect your safety. To adapt, the Government of Ontario has made an emergency order that wills can be executed “virtually” during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Many people are inquiring about what to do with a scheduled court date now that the courts are operating so differently due to COVID-19. What do you do in the meantime until as the courts sort out when to go back to a regular schedule? These are all important questions.

As the trauma of COVID-19 continues to unfold, people are just doing their best to deal with the current circumstances. We all continue to try to navigate how to manage safely during these stressful times - do not even get me started on the issue of toilet paper that continues to rage on.