Difference between revisions of "Case Conferences in a Family Law Matter"
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The rules of court have evolved to provide additional opportunities for settlement and steer people away from trial. In the [http://canlii.ca/en/bc/laws/regu/bc-reg-169-2009/latest/bc-reg-169-2009.html Supreme Court Family Rules], we have judicial case conferences under Rule 7-1 and settlement conferences under Rule 7-2. In the [http://canlii.ca/t/85pb Provincial Court (Family) Rules], we have family case conferences under Rule 7. | The rules of court have evolved to provide additional opportunities for settlement and steer people away from trial. In the [http://canlii.ca/en/bc/laws/regu/bc-reg-169-2009/latest/bc-reg-169-2009.html Supreme Court Family Rules], we have judicial case conferences under Rule 7-1 and settlement conferences under Rule 7-2. In the [http://canlii.ca/t/85pb Provincial Court (Family) Rules], we have family case conferences under Rule 7. | ||
==Judicial case conferences | ==Judicial case conferences== | ||
Judicial case conferences, usually referred to as JCCs, are relatively informal, off-the-record, private meetings between the parties, their lawyers and a master or judge in a courtroom. JCCs must be held in all contested family law court proceedings, and, in most cases, they must be held before any interim applications can be heard. | Judicial case conferences, usually referred to as JCCs, are relatively informal, off-the-record, private meetings between the parties, their lawyers and a master or judge in a courtroom. JCCs must be held in all contested family law court proceedings, and, in most cases, they must be held before any interim applications can be heard. | ||