Difference between revisions of "Interim Applications in Family Matters"
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===A Short Note about Courtesy=== | ===A Short Note about Courtesy=== | ||
The Supreme Court Family Rules allow an Applicant to simply set the hearing date without consulting the Application Respondent. Although this gives the Applicant the right to pick a date unilaterally, it's usually better for everyone if the hearing date can be agreed upon by both parties. If the date you've picked isn't good for the Application Respondent, you can expect the Application Respondent to show up on the hearing date and ask the court for an adjournment — a delay — of your application. | |||
If the Application Respondent is successful in getting the adjournment, which will usually be the case if you've been unreasonable or the Application Respondent has a genuinely good reason for needing the adjournment, you'll have wasted all the time and anxiety you spent preparing for the application, only to have to take another day off work and do it all again some other day. | If the Application Respondent is successful in getting the adjournment, which will usually be the case if you've been unreasonable or the Application Respondent has a genuinely good reason for needing the adjournment, you'll have wasted all the time and anxiety you spent preparing for the application, only to have to take another day off work and do it all again some other day. | ||
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#the date when you'll have the application materials to the Application Respondent; | #the date when you'll have the application materials to the Application Respondent; | ||
#the date when the Application Respondent will get | #the date when the Application Respondent will get his or her reply materials to you; and, | ||
#the hearing date. | #the hearing date. | ||
==The Provincial Family Court== | ==The Provincial Family Court== |