You can represent yourself — with clarity, evidence, and dignity.
For women facing coercive control, court can feel like a second abuse — endless fees, exhaustion, and a broken system. Haven gives you the knowledge, tools, and AI support to fight for safety, your children, and a fair share without going bankrupt.
Private by design
Your notes stay on your device unless you choose to save them.
No legal jargon
Everything written in plain, supportive language.
Always free to learn
Education and tools that level the playing field.
Four ways Haven supports you
Move at your own pace. Each tool is built to reduce overwhelm and help you focus on what matters: safety, your children, and fairness.
Understand the law
Plain-language guides to Ontario family law, coercive control as recognized family violence, evidence rules, and your rights.
ExploreAssess your situation
Private checklists for risk, coercive-control patterns, evidence inventory, and financial disclosure — so nothing is missed.
ExploreTell your story
AI helps turn a chaotic timeline into a clear, factual, evidence-based narrative for affidavits and oral arguments.
ExploreStay safe
Quick links to shelters, restraining orders, crisis lines, and child-protection resources — with a fast quick-exit button.
ExploreWhy this exists
The deck is stacked — let's even it out
The family system too often rewards whoever can pay the most. Survivors face costs that cause bankruptcy, abusers who weaponize delay, and judges on rotation who may not know family law. Haven gives you the knowledge and tools to meet that reality head-on.
Fees as a weapon
Endless motions and withheld disclosure are used to drain you. We help you document the pattern and ask for cost awards.
Fight fee abuseThe 50/50 myth
There's no legal presumption of equal time — the test is the child's best interests. We help you make that case.
Learn the real testJudges on rotation
Assume nothing is remembered. We help you hand up a tight brief that names the law and the order you want.
Prep for courtA complete self-representation platform
Beyond education, Haven is a full case workspace — free to use, funded by donations.
Case manager
Organize documents, tasks, deadlines, reminders, and proof of service.
AI document sorting
Upload your files and let AI categorize and summarize them.
AI motion drafting
Generate first drafts for support, custody, and disclosure motions.
Case library
Landmark decisions with plain-language 'why it matters'.
Victories & reforms
Precedent-setting wins and the 2021 Divorce Act reforms.
Forms & service
The right form, served the right way, with proof the court accepts.
Coercive control is recognized abuse
Since 2021, Canada's Divorce Act explicitly recognizes coercive and controlling behaviour as a form of family violence. Courts can consider patterns of domination, isolation, financial control, and intimidation when deciding parenting, support, and safety.
Haven helps you document those patterns with facts and evidence — so your experience is heard clearly, without being dismissed.
of family-court litigants represent themselves
Courts respond to documented patterns, not single incidents
Texts, records, and logs carry weight
Peer support and trauma-informed guidance
Take the first small step today
You don't have to figure everything out at once. Start with a private self-assessment and let Haven guide you from there.
Begin your self-assessment