What’s New

The Public Legal Education and Information Service of New Brunswick (PLEIS NB) is pleased to announce the return of its informative webinar series, Navigating the Family Justice System in New Brunswick. This series will take place from October 2025 through March 2026. These webinars are for people who are dealing [...]

PLEIS-NB has recently completed two instructional videos on family law topics: Doing Your Own Divorce in New Brunswick  and Varying a Child Support Order in New Brunswick These videos give step-by-step instructions on how to handle your own family court matter without a lawyer. You can find them on [...]

PLEIS NB is happy to announce the release of the latest edition of our guide Doing Your Own Divorce in New Brunswick. This 13th edition reflects the procedure under both rule 81 and 72 of the New Brunswick Rules of Court, the most recent changes to the Canadian Divorce Act, New Brunswick Family [...]

PLEIS-NB is hosting an online family law webinar titled “Doing Your Own Uncontested Divorce in New Brunswick for the Saint John and Moncton regions”, on Tuesday 4 October 2022 at 6:00PM, presented by Nadia Michaud, a local lawyer. This family law webinar is part of a series called Navigating [...]

With the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the new King Charles III of England, some legal terms are changing. Anywhere you see “the Queen” or “Her Majesty” on this website, in our publications, or anywhere else in the legal system, you should read it as “the King” or [...]

Good news – our Family Law Information Line is now open later on Wednesdays! From 17 August through 28 October 2022, you can reach us on Wednesdays until 6:00pm. Our weekly hours of operation are as follows: Monday 8:30am – 4:30pm Tuesday 8:30am – 4:30pm Wednesday 8:30am – [...]

We are so pleased to share that our very own Dr. Deborah Doherty was recently honoured and awarded the 29th Annual Muriel McQueen Fergusson Foundation Award. The Muriel McQueen Fergusson Foundation Award was created in 1992 to recognize outstanding contributions toward the prevention and elimination of family violence in Canada. [...]

Effective March 1, 2021, changes to the federal Divorce Act and the New Brunswick Family Law Act will come into force. The legislation changes to the Divorce Act and Family Law Act will replace several terms with more child-focused terminology. The amendments will also introduce new parenting terminology such [...]