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www.canadianlawyermag.com 29 a narrow range of family law services to enhance access to justice in family law. Their scope includes process navigation, completing the application for uncon- tested divorces, arguing and completing the paperwork in court motions to change child support where income can be determined by an employer-issued T4 and line-150 income, and responding to proceedings to enforce support payments. Just before the license was voted on and approved at Convocation, one of the motion's sponsors, bencher Cathy Corsetti, said that the goal of the license was to "enhance access to legal services for the many family law litigants who do not have legal represen- "Because of the financial situation people find themselves in, they're leaning towards mediation and arbitration." Diana Isaac, Shulman & Partners LLP tation when they need it." She said she was not asking her fellow benchers to support the measure because it represented all that paralegals were capable of in family law or that it would lead to "great improvements" in access to justice. But Corsetti added that "it's a start." She said she was confident the license would "expand over time." "If you take a close look at the services they're permitting family law service providers to do, these are not the cases that are backing up the court system," says Alexander. "In my view, though maybe well-intentioned, I think the change is more