CAS and Child Protection Lawyers in Canada

CAS lawyers help parents, caregivers, and families involved with child protection authorities. In Ontario, many people use the term CAS to refer to Children’s Aid Societies. In other provinces and territories, child protection agencies may use different names.

Use this category to find family lawyers in Canada who handle CAS, child protection, child welfare, and children’s services matters. A lawyer may help respond to agency concerns, attend court, negotiate temporary care arrangements, seek the return of a child, or deal with supervision orders and protection applications.

People often look for a CAS lawyer when a child protection agency contacts the family, starts an investigation, removes a child, asks for a safety plan, or brings the matter to court.

Child protection cases can move quickly and may have serious consequences. It is important to find a lawyer familiar with the child protection process in the relevant province or territory.