Difference between revisions of "Interim Applications in Family Matters"

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Generally speaking, interim applications are only brought after the respondent has had a chance to file his or her Response to Family Claim and a judicial case conference has been held. Applications can be brought earlier than this — sometimes on the same day that the court proceeding is started — when there is a very urgent problem that needs to be resolved immediately, as might be the case if a parent is threatening to leave the country with the children or torch the family home.
Generally speaking, interim applications are only brought after the respondent has had a chance to file his or her Response to Family Claim and a judicial case conference has been held. Applications can be brought earlier than this — sometimes on the same day that the court proceeding is started — when there is a very urgent problem that needs to be resolved immediately, as might be the case if a parent is threatening to leave the country with the children or torch the family home.


[http://canlii.ca/t/8mcr Supreme Court Family Rule 7-1(3)] sets out the exceptions to the requirement that a JCC be held before any applications can be brought:
[http://canlii.ca/t/8mcr Rule 7-1(3)] of the Supreme Court Family Rules sets out the exceptions to the requirement that a JCC be held before any applications can be brought:


#when an application is being made for an order restraining either or both parties from disposing of family assets,
#when an application is being made for an order restraining either or both parties from disposing of family assets,
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Once the first JCC has been held, interim applications can usually be made at any time, without the need for a further JCC.
Once the first JCC has been held, interim applications can usually be made at any time, without the need for a further JCC.


This chapter discusses JCCs in more detail in the section [[Case Conferences in a Family Law Matter]].
This chapter discusses JCCs in more detail in the [[Case Conferences in a Family Law Matter|Case Conferences]] section.


===Making an application===
===Making an application===

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