Difference between revisions of "Interim Applications in Family Matters"

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The process for drafting affidavits and the rules about the content of affidavits are discussed in [[How Do I Prepare an Affidavit?]] It's located in the ''How Do I?'' part of this resource under ''Affidavits''.
The process for drafting affidavits and the rules about the content of affidavits are discussed in [[How Do I Prepare an Affidavit?]] It's located in the ''How Do I?'' part of this resource under ''Affidavits''.


===Responding to the application response===
===Responding to the Application Response===


The applicant may prepare an affidavit responding to the affidavits provided by the application respondent. This new affidavit must be limited to answering new issues raised by the Application Response and supporting affidavits of the application respondent; it is not an opportunity to give facts or raise issues that ought to have been raised in the applicant's first affidavit.
The applicant may prepare an affidavit responding to the affidavits provided by the application respondent. This new affidavit must be limited to talking about new issues raised by the Application Response and supporting affidavits filed by the application respondent; it is not an opportunity to give facts or raise issues that ought to have been raised in the applicant's first affidavit.


The applicant must file any responding affidavits in court and serve them on the application respondent by 4:00pm on the day that is one full business day before the date set for the hearing. The filed affidavit must be served on the application respondent by ordinary service. The timelines for interim applications are discussed below in more detail.
The applicant must file any responding affidavits in court and serve them on the application respondent by 4:00pm on the day that is one full business day before the date set for the hearing. The filed affidavit must be served on the application respondent by ordinary service. The timelines for interim applications are discussed below in more detail.

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