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For more information about the emotions that surround the end of a long-term relationship, and how these emotions can affect the course of litigation, read the chapter <span style="color: red;">Marriage & Divorce > Separating Emotionally</span>. You should also track down and read a copy of ''Tug of War'' by Mr. Justice Brownstone from the Ontario Court of Justice. He gives a lot of practical advice about the family law court system, when it works best and when it doesn't work at all. | For more information about the emotions that surround the end of a long-term relationship, and how these emotions can affect the course of litigation, read the chapter <span style="color: red;">Marriage & Divorce > Separating Emotionally</span>. You should also track down and read a copy of ''Tug of War'' by Mr. Justice Brownstone from the Ontario Court of Justice. He gives a lot of practical advice about the family law court system, when it works best and when it doesn't work at all. | ||
==Court Proceedings== | |||
If you need the court to make an order about something, you must start a court proceeding. That’s the only way to get a court order. | |||
Court proceedings in the Provincial Court and the Supreme Court work like this: | |||
The person who needs the order starts a court proceeding by filing a claim in court and serving the filed claim on the other person. | |||
The other person has a fixed amount of time after being served to respond to the court proceeding by filing a reply in court. The reply says which orders the person agrees to and which are objected to. The person may ask the court for other orders. If other orders are needed, the person will file a claim of his or her own. The reply and any new claim must be delivered to the person who started the court proceeding. | |||
Next, the parties gather the information and documents they need to explain why they should have the orders they are asking for. Because trials are not run like an ambush, the parties must also exchange their information and documents. This way everyone knows exactly what is going on and how strong each person’s case is. | |||
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