Serving families involved in court since 2006
Jonathan Paynter has been working in the Family Court system with children, parents, judges and lawyers since 2006. He has been qualified as an Expert at numerous Family Court trials since 2009, including as recently as November 2019, and his opinions continue to be sought in Court by judges and lawyers. He has been an accredited Family Mediator with the Ontario Association for Family Mediation for many years. He has extensive training in a variety of areas and is considered to be an expert on child-parent attachment, domestic violence, high-conflict parents and parental capacity. If you are going through a separation or divorce, Jonathan can help you in the following ways:
Family mediation to help parents create a parenting plan, with therapeutic support to address conflict, communication problems and co-parenting issues. Click here to get a quote for Family Mediation.
Family Arbitration regarding parenting issues (e.g. time-sharing schedule, decision making), for parents who want to avoid the Family Court system, including secondary arbitration.
Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence/Power Imbalance screening for mediation, arbitration or parent coordination cases.
Custody & Access Assessments or Voice of the Child Reports, both Court ordered and privately requested. Click here for more information about assessments.
“Children ought not to be victims of the choices adults make for them”