PBLO at Children’s Hospital recognizes there are many factors that may affect a child’s health.
The program helps our paediatric patients and their families identify and resolve legal problems that can impact a child’s health or the family’s ability to care for that child.
Areas of Law that the program covers
- Employment
- Family Law (information only)
- Domestic abuse
- Immigration
- Child Welfare (children only)
- Education (school) rights
- Access to social benefits
- Housing
- Healthcare coverage/access
- Consent/ Capacity
- Debt/Creditor issues
- Tax
- Wills / Estates
- Human rights
- Administrative (e.g. notarizing documents, commissioning affidavits)
