This service, provided by court employees, contractors, trained volunteers, ensures children have access to their non-custodial parent in a safe setting. Supervised access may be ordered where there are concerns for the child's well being. On request and with consent of both parents, this service also can provide supervision for exchanges of children from one parent to another. The legislative authority is The Children's Law Act . The Commission provides legal services to eligible clients for cases relating to family-law matters.
Professional merit is defined as a reasonable likelihood of success.
Applicants are financially eligible for legal aid if they are supported by a social assistance program, or their financial resources are not above the social assistance program levels or where the cost of the legal services from private lawyers reduces their financial resources to the social assistance level. If the applicant does not receive social assistance, the applicant may be asked to contribute to the cost of the legal services. The legislative authority is the Legal Aid Act and its Regulations . In 1999-2000, Legal Aid received 5,470 family law applications. Evaluated in the Report of the Saskatchewan Legal Aid Review Committee , November 1992.